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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.

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This is all about accountability. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds.

This is not revenge. My goal is to tell the truth.

— Michael Cohen, former lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, in comments given to reporters outside of a Manhattan courthouse prior to his testimony before a grand jury investigating the hush money he paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels on behalf of the former president. Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, offered this statement regarding the grand jury hearing, “For the DA’s office to charge former President Trump, a victim of extortion, with a crime because his then lawyer, Michael Cohen, a convicted liar, paid the extortionist, would be unprecedented and outrageous selective prosecution.” In response, Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, said of his client’s testimony, “I can say generally that Mr. Cohen sticks to the facts, and documents and materials that back up the facts. Any lawyer who deflects and engages in personal attacks must not have the facts on her side.”

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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Courts, Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, Quote of the Day, Stormy Daniels