Republicans question ‘sleazoid’ Michael Cohen’s credibility

By Susan Ferrechio

Published December 11, 2018 1:19am ET

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Republicans question ‘sleazoid’ Michael Cohen’s credibility — Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message." | (Julie Jacobson/AP)

Republican lawmakers Monday said they don’t believe information provided to prosecutors by President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, implicating the president in a payoff scheme.

“Let me say this about Mr. Cohen,” said Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy, R-La. “I don’t know the man, I’ve just observed him. Jesus loves him but everybody else thinks he’s an idiot.”

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