Trump Suggests Cohen Testimony May Have Added To Failed Talks With North Korea

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - MARCH 02: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual Conservative Political Ac... NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - MARCH 02: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to discuss conservative agenda. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump suggested in a tweet on Sunday that the timing of his former attorney Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee “may have contributed” to failed denuclearization talks between the U.S. and North Korea.

White House officials have previously complained about the timing of Cohen’s testimony, during which the President’s former fixer claimed that Trump had previous knowledge of hush payments and the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer, among other things.

After talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un failed last week, the White House said Trump had to “walk” away from from negotiations because Kim wouldn’t budge on his request for the U.S. to drop all sanctions against North Korea.

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