President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, told Senate investigators on September 19 that the president’s critics were using rumors and innuendo about Russian interference in the election in an attempt to undercut Mr. Trump’s presidency.
Their rush to presume guilt, Mr. Cohen said, had overtaken the facts, smeared supporters of the president — like him — and diverted attention from a pressing national security threat: Russia’s meddling in the United States’ elections.
