As on past overseas trips, the president is facing split headlines, this time over former lawyer Michael Cohen's testimony.
HANOI, Vietnam — Domestic aggravations have been a regular stowaway as President Donald Trump has navigated the globe, seeking to establish himself on the international stage and build a lasting legacy.
he planned to deliver to lawmakers the same day in Washington, undercutting the president’s self-styled image asCohen, who has cooperated extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller as well as federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, said in written testimony that had proof of the president’s “illicit” acts.
“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!,” he said, a reference to Lanny Davis, Cohen’s attorney, a longtime confidant of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s who served as special counsel in the Clinton White House.
“Mr. Trump claimed it was because of a bone spur, but when I asked for medical records, he gave me none and said there was no surgery,” Cohen wrote. “He told me not to answer the specific questions by reporters but rather offer simply the fact that he received a medical deferment. He finished the conversation with the following comment. ‘You think I’m stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.
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