Cohen says he was offered a job 'working with Don McGahn at the White House general counsel's office' but turned it down.
President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen said in congressional testimony Wednesday that he had declined the chance to work in the White House, even though Trump wanted him to. Cohen made the claim in a sharp exchange with the House Oversight Committee's ranking member, Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who accused him of"trashing" his former boss because"he didn't get brought to the dance" after the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen pushed back on Jordan's characterization. "I was extremely proud to be personal attorney to the president of the United States of America. I did not want to go the White House" at the time, Cohen said."I was offered jobs. I can tell you a story of Mr. Trump reaming out" Trump's former chief of staff Reince Priebus,"because I had not taken a job where Mr.
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