Michael Cohen's opening statement., page-30

During the campaign, Mr. Trump said he did not consider Vietnam Veteran,and Prisoner of War, Senator John McCain to be “a hero” because he likespeople who weren’t captured. At the same time, Mr. Trump tasked me tohandle the negative press surrounding his medical deferment from theVietnam draft.

Mr. Trump claimed it was because of a bone spur, but when I asked formedical records, he gave me none and said there was no surgery. He toldme not to answer the specific questions by reporters but rather offer simplythe fact that he received a medical deferment.

He finished the conversation with the following comment. “You think I’mstupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.”

I find it ironic, President Trump, that you are in Vietnam right now.

And yet, I continued to work for him.

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