The taps will be flowing early in Washington, D.C. all because of the congressional testimony of Michael Cohen.
Cohen will appear before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday to testify against President Donald Trump.
He is expected to call the president "racist" and a "conman" according to a prepared opening statement that was released Tuesday evening.
Cohen is also expected to show not one, but two checks, that he said Trump wrote.
One which is labeled Exhibit 5A was to reimburse money Cohen paid to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet, CNN reported.
There is also apparently a second check, according to Cohen, that was reimbursement for hush money payments, "Good Morning America" reported.
Because of the testimony expected, Duffy’s Irish Pub, a DC sports bar, will not be showing basketball or baseball games on their TVs today. Instead, they will be switched to the hearing which was scheduled for 10 a.m.
They’re also offering a special beverage in honor of the day.
"We will have our special 'Flipper Cocktail' available only during the hearing. The ingredients are redacted but we can tell you that it is 100% PARDON FREE," the bar's Facebook page says.
Duffy's isn't a stranger to opening early because of news from the political world. The bar opened early in 2017 for a standing room only crowd as former FBI Director James Comey testified, The HIll reported.
Another bar, The Midlands beer garden, will be switching its 100-inch televisions and all other screens to the hearing, telling patrons on Twitter, “We’re gonna watch it anyway so we’re opening the bar up at 10a!”
Credit: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Credit: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
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