Ex-Trump personal lawyer Cohen to testify publicly before Congress

Convicted felon Michael Cohen after his sentencing hearing
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Ex-Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress.

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen said on Thursday he that had accepted an invitation to testify from Representative Elijah Cummings, the Democratic Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Michael Cohen is currently scheduled to testify publicly on February 7th.

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Said Cohen, “I look forward to having the privilege of being afforded a platform with which to give a full and credible account of the events which have transpired,” Cohen said.

Committee Chair Cummings said the committee has no intention of interfering in ongoing criminal probes.  He said, “to that end, we are in the process of consulting with Special Counsel Mueller’s office.”

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Cohen was sentenced in December to three years in prison for his role in making illegal hush-money payments to two women to help Trump in 2016 in violation of campaign laws, and for lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Tower project in Russia.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said he hoped to schedule a closed-door hearing with Cohen later to discuss the Russia probe.

“Mr. Cohen has expressed an interest in telling his personal story in open session, and we welcome his testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Reform,” Schiff said in a statement.

After Cohen was sentenced, Lanny Davis, an attorney who has been advising him on his media strategy, said Cohen wanted to speak publicly about Trump.

“I look forward to assisting Michael to state publicly all he knows about Mr. Trump – and that includes any appropriate congressional committee interested in the search for truth and the difference between facts and lies,” Davis said in a statement at the time.

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