Napolitano Says Cohen Paints a ‘Grave Picture’ For Trump: There Are ‘Four Potential Felonies’
Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano says Michael Cohen‘s congressional testimony should be of concern for President Donald Trump.
Napolitano joined Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Wednesday to respond to Cohen’s House Oversight Committee hearing. Despite Cohen’s conviction for lying, Napolitano noted “the government doesn’t always get the to pick its witnesses,” and said Cohen was in Trump’s inner circle for 10 years.
“He paints a potentially grave picture for the president. If the conversation he says he overheard with Roger Stone is true, then the president lied under oath, because the president swore to the accuracy of his answers to the written questions from Bob Mueller, one of which was: ‘Did you speak to Roger Stone about Julian Assange?’ Answer: No. If what Michael Cohen says is true, that the president knew about the meeting with Russian in Trump Tower in June 2016, then he lied under oath.”
As Napolitano noted the checks Cohen received from Trump and his family for hush money schemes, he pointed out that Trump claimed to have no debts when he gave his financial statements to the treasury. He also said the checks extend “the conspiracy to defraud the FEC of accurate campaign information into the president’s presidency.”
“If Cohen is being truthful and if the government can corroborate what he said today, there’s at least four potential felonies of which he has accused the President of the United States,” Napolitano said. “Those are big ifs.”
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