On February 27, 2019, the world watched as Michael Cohen—former lawyer and fixer for President Donald J. Trump—took the stand in front of the House Oversight Committee and delivered one of the most sensational days of Congressional testimony in history. Not since President Nixon's White House counsel John Dean turned on him during the Watergate scandal has a close Presidential associate testified on Capitol Hill, attacked the character of the Chief of State, and accused him of criminal acts.