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Cummings Concludes Cohen Hearing: ‘We Have Got To Get Back To Normal’

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, arrives to hear testimony from Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, arrives to hear testimony from Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill February 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. Last year Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for tax evasion, making false statements to a financial institution, unlawful excessive campaign contributions and lying to Congress as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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At the end of a daylong House Oversight Committee hearing featuring Michael Cohen, Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) gave an impassioned closing statement thanking Cohen for appearing before the committee and pleading for a return to normalcy in American politics.

Watch the highlights from his closing remarks:

 

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  1. Here’s a good start

  2. I forget,what is normal?

  4. You mean a spray-tanned, clown-wigged, Adderall-hoovering Kremlin asset in the Oval Office isn’t “normal”?

  5. Define normal

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