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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3971030" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/republican-attack-on-cohen-over-paperwork-falls-flat-191506454.html" target="_blank">Republican attack on Cohen over paperwork falls flat</a></p><p></p><p>"Meadows’s attack was apparently based on a misreading of the Truth in Testimony form, which reads in part, "If you are a non-governmental witness, please list any contracts or payments originating with a foreign government and related to the hearing's subject matter that you or the organization(s) you represent at this hearing received in the current year and previous two calendar years." Cohen qualifies as a nongovernmental witness, and even Meadows conceded he had no contracts with a foreign government.</p><p></p><p>A few minutes later, Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif., pointed out Meadows’s error.</p><p></p><p>“I want to mention really quick a clarification on the Truth in Testimony form,” said Hill. “The mention was around whether it talks about foreign entities at all, and the question is in fact whether witnesses have any contracts or payments originating with a foreign government. It does not cover all foreign entities, just foreign government entities. So Mr. Cohen, what I’d like to ask you to do is review this issue over lunch with your attorneys, and if you need to amend your form we ask that you do that before the conclusion of today’s hearing.”</p><p></p><p>Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, turned to face Meadows after Hill’s statement, and a camera caught Meadows winking at him."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3971030, member: 48469"] [URL="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/republican-attack-on-cohen-over-paperwork-falls-flat-191506454.html"]Republican attack on Cohen over paperwork falls flat[/URL] "Meadows’s attack was apparently based on a misreading of the Truth in Testimony form, which reads in part, "If you are a non-governmental witness, please list any contracts or payments originating with a foreign government and related to the hearing's subject matter that you or the organization(s) you represent at this hearing received in the current year and previous two calendar years." Cohen qualifies as a nongovernmental witness, and even Meadows conceded he had no contracts with a foreign government. A few minutes later, Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif., pointed out Meadows’s error. “I want to mention really quick a clarification on the Truth in Testimony form,” said Hill. “The mention was around whether it talks about foreign entities at all, and the question is in fact whether witnesses have any contracts or payments originating with a foreign government. It does not cover all foreign entities, just foreign government entities. So Mr. Cohen, what I’d like to ask you to do is review this issue over lunch with your attorneys, and if you need to amend your form we ask that you do that before the conclusion of today’s hearing.” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, turned to face Meadows after Hill’s statement, and a camera caught Meadows winking at him." [/QUOTE]
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