How Rep. Justin Amash undermined Michael Cohen’s credibility more than anyone else

Published February 28, 2019 9:27pm ET



As former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and his congressional interviewers went back and forth all day on Wednesday during his hearing, often behaving more like professional wrestlers than professional adults, one Republican representative stood out among all the others: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.

“The Michigan Republican did something on Wednesday that almost none of his GOP colleagues seemed willing to even try: Ask Cohen questions about his relationship with Trump that might actually shed some new light on not only their relationship but on the President of the United States,” writes CNN’s Chris Cillizza. “Amash got Cohen to explain his contention that Trump might never have asked associates to directly lie but that the President spoke in a ‘code’ that made his intentions clear.”

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