Michael Cohen's most fiery accusations against Trump

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, lodged a series of explosive accusations against the president in his prepared testimony before the House Oversight Committee, further incensing the man he once claimed he'd take a bullet for.

While many of the accusations are ones long posited by Trump’s political adversaries, some of them are new claims that touch on Trump’s obsessions with his personal image and public brand. Cohen also offered new evidence to support past allegations against the president, seeking to counter inevitable attacks from House Republicans that Cohen is an unreliable source.

Cohen has pleaded guilty to a litany of crimes including lying to Congress, but with his prison sentence set to begin next month, the former Trump crony has little to lose in baring all.

Here are some of his most incendiary accusations from his prepared opening statement:

Trump had prior knowledge of the Trump Tower meeting with Russian agents at the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe “Mr. Trump had frequently told me and others that his son Don Jr. had the worst judgment of anyone in the world. And also, that Don Jr. would never set up any meeting of any significance alone — and certainly not without checking with his father.”