Republicans relentlessly attacked Michael Cohen’s credibility when the president’s former fixer appeared before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. It wasn’t hard to do; in addition to pleading guilty to lying to Congress, Cohen also pleaded guilty to an extensive tax evasion scheme, plus bank fraud.

Beyond that, some of Cohen’s statements strained credulity. In his sensational opening testimony, Cohen noted that he committed felonies “for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in coordination with” Donald Trump, but failed to mention the more numerous, more serious felonies — the tax evasion and bank fraud — that he committed solely for himself. At another point, Cohen said, “I never defrauded any bank,” when he in fact did just that.