WASHINGTON - Thereīll be much talk of a `rat,` hush money for onetime paramours and the 2016 presidential campaign.But did President Donald Trump break the law?Thatīs the key question Michael Cohen will be expected to answer with documents on Wednesday during a Capitol Hill drama that sounds more like a mobster movie every day. Trumpīs formal personal lawyer and `fixer` is set to go public before a Democrat-led House panel and talk about the decade in which he would `take a bullet` for his boss.`I am no longer your `fixer,ī Mr. Trump,` Cohen is to say in prepared remarks .Cohen, who reports to prison in May under a plea deal, could do damage to Trumpīs cherished reputation and brand. Heīs expected to talk in detail about what he says is evidence of Trumpīs misconduct - perhaps even criminal behaviour. Republicans say Cohen canīt be believed; after all, heīs lied to Congress before.Whatīs undisputable: Cohen has Trumpīs attention half a world away at a summit in Vietnam.The drama unfolds at 10 a.m. EST on broadcast networks and livestreams. What to watch:___THE WITNESS, SINGINGCohen, 52, is scheduled to raise his right hand and swear to tell the truth before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Ahead of his appearance, copies of his prepared statement reached The Associated Press and other news media Tuesday night and offered a preview of scathing remarks directed at Trump.Trump knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to his rival Hillary Clintonīs presidential campaign, Cohen says in the prepared testimony. Cohen also suggests that Trump implicitly told him to lie about a Moscow real estate project, the one Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about.In the prepared remarks, Cohen brands the president a `racist,` a `conman` and a `cheat.` He says that Trump made racist comments about African-Americans and mused that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid.Other topics: C ...
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