House Republicans asked the Department of Justice on Wednesday to open an investigation into testimony Michael Cohen gave to Congress in 2019 that they say included at least six lies.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that they were reviving their request from five years ago because Cohen is now a star witness in former President Donald Trump‘s hush money trial in New York.
“In light of the reliance on the testimony from this repeated liar, we reiterate our concerns and ask what the Justice Department has done to hold Cohen accountable for his false statements to Congress,” the chairmen wrote.
Cohen, Trump’s ex-attorney, pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax evasion and campaign finance
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