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Mon Mar 11, 2019, 11:24 AM Mar 2019

Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments

Source: NBC News

House Oversight Committee chairman wants to interview the lawyers about shifting answers regarding Trump's payments.


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House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings is interested in talking to Sheri Dillon and Stefan Passantino, attorneys responsible for the president’s ethics and financial disclosures. They could be central to determining whether Trump committed crimes by making hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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According to requests from the committee sent to each of the lawyers, as well as the White House, the two “appeared to provide false information” to federal officials about payments to Cohen to keep the alleged Trump affair from becoming public.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/cummings-seeks-testimony-two-more-trump-attorneys-about-cohen-payments-n981586

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Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments (Original Post) ffr Mar 2019 OP
Cummings is a national treasure UpInArms Mar 2019 #1
Definitely not someone who appreciates people lying to him under oath. ffr Mar 2019 #2
? Time for sanctions by the American Bar Association. Before his term is over there vsrazdem Mar 2019 #3
Subpoenas have limitations, but it's the next logical step. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #4

vsrazdem

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3. ? Time for sanctions by the American Bar Association. Before his term is over there
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 12:02 PM
Mar 2019

are going to be plenty of lawyers in some deep doo-doo.

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