What's Michael Cohen Gonna Say?

His prepared testimony has been released.

Donald Trump (his client of many many years) has already called him a liar. But in his third and fourth paragraphs, Cohen is set to say:

I am here under oath to correct the record, to answer the Committee’s questions truthfully, and to offer the American people what I know about President Trump.

I recognize that some of you may doubt and attack me on my credibility. It is for this reason that I have incorporated into this opening statement documents that are irrefutable, and demonstrate that the information you will hear is accurate and truthful.

And he's set to say this about Trump:

He is a racist.

He is a conman.

He is a cheat.

He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.

We know he's already going to jail (for lying) so he has to know that if he lies again, he's going to be going away for a longer period.

On the other hand, take a look at the second paragraph above. He's got copies of the checks and he's offering up one as an exhibit. He describes it thusly:

A copy of a check Mr. Trump wrote from his personal bank account –after he became president -to reimburse me for the hush money payments I made to cover up his affair with an adult film star and prevent damage to his campaign.

And then there's this:

As I earlier stated, Mr. Trump knew from Roger Stone in advance about the WikiLeaks drop of emails.

In July 2016, days before the Democratic convention, I was in Mr. Trump’s office when his secretary announced that Roger Stone was on the phone. Mr. Trump put Mr. Stone on the speakerphone. Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of “wouldn’t that be great.”

All this, under oath in public and with some corroborating evidence.