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“Mr Chairman, here we go,” the congressman from Ohio spat out in front of a packed committee chamber, having stripped down to his white shirt and yellow tie to signal he meant business. “Your first big hearing, your first announced witness, Michael Cohen … a guy who is going to prison in two months for lying to Congress.” Jordan adopted a strategy in Wednesday’s high-profile grilling of Cohen that closely echoed Trump’s own stance towards the multiple investigations that now besiege him: bully your assailant into submission. You didn’t get brought to the dance.” Jordan proved himself not just to be Trump’s bully-in-chief for the purposes of congressional hearings, he also matched the US president’s affection for conspiracy theories. He accused the Democratic leadership of the oversight committee of taking orders from Lanny Davis, Cohen’s current attorney who is a figure of hatred among rightwing Republicans, having been Bill Clinton’s special counsel in the 1990s. “Lanny Davis choreographed the whole darn thing, the Clintons’ best friend,” he said. Republican congressman denies he ignored Ohio State sexual abuse claims Read more Jordan’s pugnacious performance lit up social media, though not for reasons he would have liked. The representative for Ohio’s fourth congressional district trended on Twitter as users posted articles reporting allegations that he had failed to take action against the sexual molestation of students while working as assistant wrestling coach at Ohio state university from 1986 to 1994. Several former wrestlers have come forward to allege that Jordan knew about what was being done to them but did nothing to stop it. Michael Cohen: key takeaways from the former Trump lawyer's testimony Read more “That’s either a failure of the Republicans on the Hill or of the White House: they knew what was coming with Michael Cohen,” Christie said. “Shame on you, Mr Jordan,” he said, after the ranking member had told the hearing that Cohen displayed “non-existent” remorse.

Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) Today in 5 Lines President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen reportedly recorded Trump before the 2016 election discussing payments to an ex-Playboy model who claimed they’d had an affair. The White House said Trump “is not considering supporting” a referendum on independence for eastern Ukraine that was suggested by Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Helsinki. Ohio State University announced that more than 100 former students have made sexual-misconduct allegations against Richard Strauss, a former wrestling-team doctor. Police said at least 17 people were killed after a duck boat capsized during a storm in Branson, Missouri. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told Republicans that if Democrats continue demanding records about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, McConnell will wait to hold a confirmation vote until right before the midterms. : A spat between Daily Show host Trevor Noah and French Ambassador Gérard Araud reveals a divide between the French and American conceptions of identity politics. (Rachel Donadio) Everything Is Fine: White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders has emerged as a warrior in President Trump’s culture war, operating under a shocking assumption: “There are things that are more important than truth.” (Megan Garber) Obama Doesn’t Have the Answer: The former president continues to offer hopeful solutions to America’s problems. Not anymore. (The New York Times) Finding a Third Way: Centrist Democrats really want a 2020 candidate who can offer a moderate alternative to Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’s economic visions. The problem is, they can’t find one.