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Michael Cohen's verbal somersault, 'I lied, but I'm not a liar,' translated by a rhetoric expert

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
Michael Cohen's verbal somersault, 'I lied, but I'm not a liar,' translated by a rhetoric expert

Michael Cohen, who admits to lying, also says he’s not a liar.

Can we separate what someone does from who they are? Cohen thinks we should and it would help us to understand both him and Trump better.

Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, testified before Congress about his former client Wednesday.

Cohen claimed that...

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