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US president Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen last week provided fascinating insight into the workings of the Trump machinery in his testimony to the House of Representatives oversight committee.
“Everybody’s job at the Trump Organization is to protect Mr Trump. Every day, most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something, and that became the norm,” Cohen said under heavy grilling from pro-Trump committee members.
“And that’s exactly what’s happening right now in this country,” he said. “That’s exactly what’s happening here in government, sir.”