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President Donald Trump lashed out at his former fixer Michael Cohen on Twitter Wednesday morning hours after Cohen's opening statement to the House Oversight Committee was published late Tuesday night.
Cohen, who last year pleaded guilty to eight felonies including lying to Congress, intends on telling the world that Trump is a "racist," "con man," and a "cheat," that Trump knew about Roger Stone instructing Wikileaks to release stolen emails to damage Hillary Clinton, and that Trump directed Cohen to lie about a secret Trump Tower Moscow deal Trump was pursuing during the campaign.
Cohen plans on testifying that Trump reimbursed him while in office for illegal hush money payments to women with whom Trump had affairs.
Cohen will answer questions by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday while Trump is attending a second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The distance has not stopped Trump from trying to discredit his former attorney.
"Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately)," Trump tweeted. "He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying & fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked’s lawyer!"
Cohen was disbarred by a panel of judges on Tuesday for making false statements to Congress.
But as many on Twitter pointed out, Cohen was Trump's long-time confidant, and the "bad things" Cohen did were at the behest of Trump.
@realDonaldTrump You HIRED Michael Cohen. He had 3 clients: you, Shammity, and some other criminal boob. He did t… https://t.co/DsId2rGOgi— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1551275270.0
@realDonaldTrump This must be Trump’s tweet version of “he was only the coffee boy!” What’s crazy is that Michael C… https://t.co/ge6cFPhM0m— Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD) 1551258817.0
@realDonaldTrump Why did you sign the check that was allegedly used to reimburse Cohen for illegal hush money payments to Stormy Daniels?— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1551258720.0
@realDonaldTrump You are a liar. Not only did you know about the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels when you lied ab… https://t.co/cKqkkJK7WB— Heather Whaley (@Heather Whaley) 1551264959.0
@realDonaldTrump Scared Much?— Oldmaninateg (@Oldmaninateg) 1551279675.0
Only the best people or whatever.
@realDonaldTrump One thing I’ll never understand is that if he was so bad and untrustworthy why did you retain him… https://t.co/bIJfOG8Mkx— AltNSA (@AltNSA) 1551259307.0
@realDonaldTrump you unhinged bro? you sound unhinged— Jeff Tiedrich (@Jeff Tiedrich) 1551258614.0
@realDonaldTrump Someone is feeling very very nervous today! 😬 You may want to just stay in Vietnam. 🇻🇳— alan_mhgl ⓥ (@alan_mhgl ⓥ) 1551258806.0
@realDonaldTrump He was fantastic until you got caught and threw him under a bus.— 🌵MartaHo-#8645🌵 (@🌵MartaHo-#8645🌵) 1551276886.0
A year ago, however, Trump rushed to Cohen's defense after the FBI raided Cohen's home and office.
Trump swore Cohen would never "flip" and that Cohen was a "wonderful person" whom Trump "has always liked and respected."
The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak… https://t.co/du9mLxGUjS— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1524316200.0
....it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1524316201.0
The whole world saw it.
@realDonaldTrump Hmmm, so then why in April 2018 did you praise Cohen on Twitter and also praise him in April 2018… https://t.co/qoPYnobO4g— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1551271778.0
Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a slew of financial and campaign finance crimes, has nothing to gain by lying again.
@realDonaldTrump Cohen has been sentenced so his prison sentence won't be reduced. But he can be charged with more… https://t.co/lLoFt8HltS— Audrey Carter (@Audrey Carter) 1551276968.0
@realDonaldTrump Nope ya fixer is showing up with major evidence against you! He has 10 years of truth to tell abou… https://t.co/PYDTuMla34— Pamela F Schulz (@Pamela F Schulz) 1551276884.0
@realDonaldTrump But....you said you only hire the very best people? https://t.co/5JvK5FpKb6— Brad (@Brad) 1551277255.0
This is really bad for Trump.
@realDonaldTrump Nope ya fixer is showing up with major evidence against you! He has 10 years of truth to tell abou… https://t.co/PYDTuMla34— Pamela F Schulz (@Pamela F Schulz) 1551276884.0
@realDonaldTrump Today is the day America will realize that you used an Enemy of this Country to help you steal an… https://t.co/of3y32bIfa— Dave Maze (@Dave Maze) 1551277355.0
@realDonaldTrump This will be a good day for the furniture, and future, of our children.— Sean Kelley McKeever (@Sean Kelley McKeever) 1551277690.0
@realDonaldTrump The ratings are going to be #OFFTHECHARTS!!!!— Candice Shavalia (@Candice Shavalia) 1551278288.0
Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just di… https://t.co/nM5ua0wmo3— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1551258483.0
Cohen will give additional testimony to the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, but behind closed doors.