The Testimony of Michael Cohen, Former Attorney to President Donald Trump: Full Transcription of the Hearing before the House Committee on Oversight

- Did Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, commit bank fraud and tax fraud while in office?

- Did Trump write hush-money checks before the 2016 election to silence women with whom he had hidden extramarital relationships, breaking campaign finance laws in the process?

- Did Trump line his own pockets and furnish art for his golf clubhouses with non-profit charitable foundation funds to?

- Did he put himself in league with Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin?

- Was he a racist, a conman and a cheat?

- Did he lie to the nation and the world over 8700 times in the first three years of his Presidency?

Bolstered by documentary exhibits and on the strength of his decade of service as Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen made such allegations during his testimony and hearings of February 29, 2019 before the House Committee on Oversight & Reform.

A series of 24 Democratic representatives of the House questioned Cohen for proof and details of these claims.

A total of 18 Republican representatives of the House questioned Mr. Cohen in the attempt to discredit his fitness as a witness.

- Was Michael Cohen -- convicted of lying before Congress, the very body before which he had once again been called -- incapable of telling the truth?

- Was the hearing an exercise in futility, designed only to smear the President?

That thesis was the counter-strategy of the Republicans on the House committee.

The partisan disputes reflected sharp divisions in the American body politic.
Still, the speakers labeled each other “gentleman” and “gentlelady” throughout.

The transcript is complete, verbatim and carefully reconstructed from audio recordings. The transcribers played and replayed the words and phrases of each participant time and again until the correct text could be reproduced, right down to “um” and “ah.” No annotations, omissions or additions interfere with the message.

Thoroughly researched allusions and mentions of names, locations, institutions, publications, and so forth, reflect the accurate spellings and background information.

Evenhanded, non-biased illustrations for each of the 43 participants – from I.T. Meladeca – provide a rich, visual feel for the event.

“This would be perfect for civics class… if we had civics classes anymore.”

“Every American – for that matter every citizen of the world – should determine if the claims of Michel Cohen are legitimate. The visual documentary evidence can help with that.

“Whatever your political persuasion, this transcription will let you draw your own
conclusions.”