Article snippet: MORE’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified in public Wednesday, appearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Cohen’s testimony elicited enormous fascination — and turned out to be the most tumultuous day of public congressional testimony since fired FBI Director MORE appeared in June 2017. Here are the five takeaways from Cohen’s appearance: New details, new drama Cohen offered some explosive new allegations — in addition to calling Trump a “racist,” a “con man” and a “cheat” in his opening statement. Specifically, Cohen argued that Trump had pressed him to lie about the timeline of discussions regarding a project to build a Trump property in Moscow — albeit without making the instruction explicit. “He would look me in the eye and tell me there’s no business in Russia and then go out and lie to the American people by saying the same thing. In his way, he was telling me to lie,” Cohen asserted. Cohen also said that Trump’s personal attorneys, including Jay Sekulow, edited his initial, false statement to Congress on this matter. In a text message to The Hill and other outlets, Sekulow called the allegation “completely false.” There are other details that were left dangling in an intriguing way. Cohen, asked when he last spoke to Trump or someone representing him, said there was contact last summer but added that he could not give details because of an investigation by prosecutors from the Southern District of New York. Even beyond such ... Link to the full article to read more