Opinion: Michael Cohen is the monster Trump created
By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist February 27 at 7:57 PM You had to admire the skill with which Michael Cohen attacked the character of his former boss. He had learned at the knee of a master.
But now the Fixer is trying to break Trump. “I am ashamed that I chose to take part in concealing Mr. Trump’s illicit acts,” he told the committee, because Trump “is a racist, he is a con man, and he is a cheat.” In Trump, he said, “the bad far outweighs the good, and since taking office, he has become the worst version of himself.”
For hours, they disparaged Cohen for doing what they excuse from his old boss: threatening people, caring only about himself and vaingloriously portraying himself as a “sexy,” “handsome” and “honest guy.”
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