--- ---  # 'Have Fun in Prison!' The Republican National Committee Just Taunted Michael Cohen in a Video by [Kathy Ehrich Dowd](https://time.com/author/kathy-dowd/) ## Kathy Ehrich Dowd Feb 27, 2019 4:53 PM UTC  Michael Cohen prepares to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019 in Washington. Michael Cohen prepares to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019 in Washington.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Kathy Ehrich Dowd](https://time.com/author/kathy-dowd/) ## Kathy Ehrich Dowd Feb 27, 2019 4:53 PM UTC The Republican National Committee delivered a rather unsubtle message to Michael Cohen as he delivered his [highly anticipated public testimony](http://time.com/5539765/michael-cohen-testimony-transcript/) to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. As President Trump’s lawyer and “fixer” publicly [derided his former boss as a “racist,” “conman” and “cheat,”](http://time.com/5539765/michael-cohen-testimony-transcript/) the RNC released a 47-second video aimed at Cohen titled “Have Fun in Prison!” In a video set to jaunty music, the group cobbled together old clips of Cohen speaking effusively about Trump, using words including “generous,” “compassionate” and “kind.” The release of the video shows how far the RNC is distancing itself from Cohen, who in 2017 was [named to the organization’s finance leadership team](https://gop.com/rnc-announces-additions-to-rnc-finance-leadership-team/) as deputy national chairman. As the RNC gleefully points out, Cohen is indeed [heading to prison in two months](http://time.com/5533597/michael-cohen-prison-sentence-postponed/), on May 6, after pleading guilty to lying to the Senate intelligence committee and campaign finance violations. Cohen, who was [disbarred in New York](http://time.com/5539112/michael-cohen-disbarred/) on Tuesday, did not appear to pull any punches during his testimony Tuesday, speaking out about issues including his alleged dealing with Trump over a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels and a proposed Trump Tower project in Russia during the 2016 presidential election. “Mr. Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it,” Cohen said Tuesday. “He lied about it because he never expected to win the election.” Michael Cohen Dinged by Republican National Committee ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5540149/michael-cohen-testimony-republican-national-committee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5540149/michael-cohen-testimony-republican-national-committee/"},"headline":"'Have Fun in Prison!' The Republican National Committee Just Taunted Michael Cohen in a Video","datePublished":"2019-02-27T16:53:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:53:11.491Z","description":"He previously served as deputy national chairman of the RNC","url":"https://time.com/5540149/michael-cohen-testimony-republican-national-committee/","keywords":["Congress","republicans","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44c22af2cb8d8cb8/698945e6096a945ac76a4a72/michael-cohen-testimony-sworn-in.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kathy Ehrich Dowd","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kathy-dowd/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44c22af2cb8d8cb8/698945e6096a945ac76a4a72/michael-cohen-testimony-sworn-in.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"michael-cohen-testimony-sworn-in","caption":"Michael Cohen prepares to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill Feb. 27, 2019 in Washington.","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5540149/michael-cohen-testimony-republican-national-committee/","name":"'Have Fun in Prison!' The Republican National Committee Just Taunted Michael Cohen in a Video"}}]}] ```