Cohen started the day by calling his former client “a cheat” and “a conman.” But he devoted the last few minutes he was granted to speak to issue an almost fatherly sermon to Trump. He proceeded to go down a list of Trump low points and blunders.

“In closing, I’d like to say directly to the president: We honor our veterans even in the rain,” he said, referring to the occasion when Trump cancelled a visit to a World War I cemetery to honor American soldiers during a trip to France.
“You don’t disparage generals, gold-star families, prisoners of wars and other heroes who had the courage to fight for this country,” he added.
Cohen chided Trump for villainizing the news media, immigrants, and Muslims, and for forcing the longest government shutdown in US history in an attempt to mollify supporters.
“This behavior is churlish. It denigrates the office of the president, and it’s simply un-American,” Cohen said. “It’s not you.”

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《科恩對特朗普的一番訓詞》
律師科恩那天在國會一開始不久就稱他以前的那位客戶，也就是特朗普總統，是一位「騙子」和「老千」。然後會議結束的前幾分鐘科恩又講了一堆話，國會接受他對問題的這種說法，好像父親給孩子的一番訓詞。接下來他就講一系列有關特朗普的低格調和毛病。
他說『最後在結束前我願意跟總統直接講幾句：我們即使要冒雨會淋溼也要尊崇我們的退伍軍人』這裡所指的是於某次訪問法國在途中路過「美軍在法的公墓，為要紀念那些死於一次大戰的美國軍人」，特朗普取消拜訪這些戰士的公墓。
他又繼續說，『請不要貶視這些有勇氣為我們國家打戰的英雄，比方說將軍、死於戰場的美國軍人家屬、或戰俘等。』
科恩譴責總統為了要安撫支持者，而製造百姓對媒體和對穆斯林的反感、譴責強行美國史上持續最久的政府關門。
科恩說：『此舉低俗無禮、乃是羞辱總統職位、非美國政治的一貫作風…我說的不光是特朗普總統…』

Dates On Trump’s Cohen Hush Money Checks Reveal President’s Double Life

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dates-trump-cohen-checks-reveal-double-life

By Kate Riga
March 6, 2019 8:01 am
President Donald Trump paid Michael Cohen 11 installments of hush money payments to cover up the alleged Stormy Daniels affair while he was in office. According to the New York Times, here’s what he was doing on seven of the days he also paid his fixer to make his problems go away.

The first check, signed Valentine’s Day in 2017, was good for $70,000. The day before, Trump forced Michael Flynn to resign.
On March 17, the next check was signed for $35,000 in between Trump’s events with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she visited the White House.
The third check obtained by the Times came on May 23 for $35,000 from overseas: Trump was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.
His next installment of $35,000 came August 1, the same day an aide confirmed that Trump had dictated a false statement about a meeting with the Russians.
Trump coughed up another $35,000 on September 12 while his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told reporters that the Department of Justice should investigate former FBI Director James Comey.

The October 18 $35,000 check coincided with a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The last check obtained by the Times for $35,000 on December 5, was signed the same day Trump decided to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated that the March 17 check was signed personally by President Trump. It was issued by the President’s trust.