Transcript for Moments that mattered from Cohen's hearing

Mr. trump test me to handle. The negative press surrounding. His medical deferment from the Vietnam drift. Mr. trump claimed it was because of the bones poor when Reyes from medical records he gave me none. And said that there was no surgery. He told me not to answer the specific questions by reporters. But rather oil for simply the fact that he received. A medical deferment. He finished the conversation. The following comment. If think I'm stupid. Not going to Vietnam. I find it ironic to president. That you are in Vietnam right now. And yet. I continue to work for him. As my father said countless times throughout my childhood. You my wife and you might children. All of the air that I breeze. So my laurel and Sammy to shape. There's nothing I wouldn't do to protect you. He asked me to pay off in adult film store with whom he had an affair. And to lie about it to his wife which I did. And lying to the First Lady is one of my biggest regrets. Admission is kind good person. And I respect her greatly. And she did not deserve. Certainly it's the first time the convicted murderer. Has been brought back to be a star witness in a hearing liar liar pants on fire. No one should ever listened to you and give you credibility. It's. She says debt as a daughter of a man born in Birmingham Alabama. That there is no way that she would work for it four and individual. Who was races how do you reconcile the two of those guys neither should audience. As the son of the Holocaust survivor. Mr. chairman that just because someone has a person of color a black person working for them does not mean they are racist. And it is in sensitive that someone would even as they raise this to say. Say it is racism itself and to use a black woman as a prop to move to prove otherwise and I can submit this for the record. If a colleague is thinking that that's what I'm say I'm just saying. That's what I believed to have happened at it as a person of color in this committee that's how I felt at that moment and I wanted to express that. But I am not calling the gentleman. Mr. metals are racist for doing so I'm same bad in itself it is a racist act. President called direct. I batted in net. We really. Am hoping that all about being get back. To this democracy that we want and that we should be testing and opt out children so they can do better than what we did. So you wonder. Whether people believe I don't know. I don't know whether they believe you. But the fact is that you come. You head to head down this is got to be what do hardest things that you could do but would save depicted it really really paying me. You are leaving the prison you were leaving the courthouse. And I visited the water had braces is of them on. Men I think men at thing heard me. Or the father of two daughters. It hurt me. And I can imagine. How I must feel for you. But I'm just saying to you want a first of all thank you. I know this has been hard. I noted you face a lot. I know that you. A worried about your family. But this is a part. Of your destiny. And hopefully. This portion of your destiny. Will lead to. A bed. A better. A better. Michael cordon. A better. Donald Trump. A better United States of America. And a better world. I mean that from the deaths of mine where we're dancing with the angels. The question will be acts. In 2019. What do we do. To make sure we kept our democracy intact. Did we stand on the sidelines. As Satan nothing. We behaved and I'm tired of these statements say. Become people commonly exit poll voters the first year and did not approach hearing. The first game wasn't what we regard to present and drugs remember a little girl it's a lady said Deb it's worth them. Her daughter. Because he could not get three I'm Witt at 33 dollar a mob. Penicillin. About birth to Aaron. Second hearing. HR one voting rights. Robinson and government. Oh I'm now. We can do more up then one thing. We have got to get back to normal. Would that. It's bigoted term.

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