Opinion: Here are five felonies Trump committed, if Cohen is telling the truth
By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist February 27 at 2:09 PM Attention, drivers. There’s a multi-car pileup on the information superhighway. On Wednesday, the cable news networks were trying to cover both the North Korea summit and Michael Cohen’s explosive testimony. It was hardly possible to devote any attention to the growing hostilities between two nuclear-armed states, India and Pakistan.
Cohen’s testimony includes accusations — relating to Trump’s racism, his lack of concern for the public weal and his attempts to conceal his academic record — that, if true, are simply embarrassing. But, as noted by Max Bergmann of the Moscow Project at the Center for American Progress, the president’s former lawyer also implicated him in at least four felonies:
3. Suborning perjury. Cohen testified that Trump encouraged him to lie to Congress about his attempts in 2016 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and that his personal lawyers reviewed the mendacious testimony. [Live updates on Cohen’s testimony: Trump’s former personal lawyer alleges the president knew in advance of WikiLeaks plan]
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