Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was must-see TV in Washington, D.C., and beyond, with his denunciations of President Trump and revelations grabbing headlines in the days following his appearance.

But while there’s disagreement as to whether Cohen provided a smoking gun to Democrats looking to expose wrongdoing by the president, Trump’s former longtime attorney and “fixer” did give lawmakers a road map to conducting further investigations into Trump’s business dealings and finances, crossing into territory the president has declared off-limits to special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of investigators.