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Article snippet: MORE on Thursday blasted Michael Cohen’s explosive testimony before Congress but said he was “a little impressed” his former personal lawyer claimed there was “no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. At a news conference in Vietnam following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which produced no deal, Trump said Cohen “lied a lot” at the “fake hearing” on Capitol Hill, where the former Trump confidant described the president as a “racist” and “conman” who engaged in various crimes. “But it was very interesting because he didn’t lie about one thing. He said no collusion with the Russian hoax,” Trump said. “I mean, he lied about so many different things. I was actually impressed that he didn’t say, ‘well I think there was collusion for this reason or that.’” The president added that Cohen “could’ve gone all out,” but said he “only went about 95 percent instead of 100 percent.” Cohen told lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee he has no “direct evidence” that Trump or his campaign team colluded with Moscow’s election-interference effort in 2016, but said he has “suspicions” about it. Cohen said Trump knew in advance that WikiLeaks planned to release emails that could hurt MORE around the Democratic National Convention in which the GOP operative told the candidate that a “massive” email trove damaging to Clinton would soon be released. Whether there was any collusion between Trump and Russia is the central question be... Link to the full article to read more