Lynne Patton, Trump official at Cohen hearing, claimed he only ?turned? when Mueller threatened wife

President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen testifies for eight hours in a closed-door session; insight from Rep. Chris Stewart, Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee.Michael Cohen testified this week that he turned against President Trump over issues ranging from his conduct during the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to his controversial remarks about the Charlottesville violence in 2017.But a key Trump administration official, who inadvertently played a central role in Wednesday’s House hearing, has claimed there is another reason for Cohen’s betrayal—that his wife was being threatened with jail time unless he “turned on” Trump.TRUMP SAYS COHEN'S NEWLY REVEALED BOOK PROPOSAL BLOWS UP TESTIMONY: 'TOTALLY DISCREDITED!'The assertion was made in a Facebook entry by Department of Housing and Urban Development official Lynne Patton in January. Cohen reportedly was shopping the pitch to book publishers just weeks before the FBI raided his office as part of the SDNY criminal investigation into his personal business dealings last April.Trump said the revelation of Cohen’s proposal contradicts his congressional testimony -- as it was written after incidents he cited as a turning point like Charlottesville -- and renders him “totally discredited.”Cohen also testified this week that Trump was “a racist,” a “conman,” and “a cheat.”Patton, who attended the hearing on an invitation from Republican committee member Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., ended up being pulled into the drama when Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., accused her of being a “prop” for Republicans to counter the claims of racism.