{"id":2240293,"date":"2024-05-08T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-revive-calls-for-doj-to-prosecute-michael-cohen-for-lying-to-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:35:51","slug":"republicans-revive-calls-for-doj-to-prosecute-michael-cohen-for-lying-to-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-revive-calls-for-doj-to-prosecute-michael-cohen-for-lying-to-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans renew push for DOJ to prosecute Michael Cohen&#8217;s false testimony to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-revive-calls-for-doj-to-prosecute-michael-cohen-for-lying-to-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans called on the \u200dDepartment of Justice to investigate \u200dMichael\u2062 Cohen&#8217;s 2019 congressional\u2064 testimony for alleged falsehoods.\u2062 Judiciary Committee\u200b Chairman Jim Jordan and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer requested action \u2063from Attorney General Merrick Garland, citing concerns over Cohen&#8217;s credibility as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-kissed-and-touched-for-a-few-minutes-more-than-two-years-later-she-accused-him-of-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"They Kissed And Touched For A Few Minutes. More Than Two Years Later, She Accused Him Of Sexual Assault.\">key witness<\/a> in former \u200cPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s ongoing legal \u2063proceedings. The GOP\u2064 leaders highlighted\u2063 the\u2063 importance of accountability for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-left-wing-media-promoted-a-baseless-covid-conspiracy-theory\/\" title=\"How The Left-Wing Media Promoted A Baseless COVID Conspiracy Theory\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">false statements<\/a> made<\/a>\u200d to Congress\u2063 by Cohen.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Republicans asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Justice\">Department of Justice<\/a> on Wednesday to open an investigation into testimony <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Justice\">Michael Cohen<\/a> gave to Congress in 2019 that they say included at least six lies.<\/p>\n<p>Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1788269266531393603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s hush money trial in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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,\u201d the chairmen wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen, Trump\u2019s ex-attorney, pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax evasion and campaign finance violations. His crimes included taking out a loan under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/possible-biden-pick-for-nec-scrubs-twitter-feed\/\" title=\"Possible Biden Pick for NEC Scrubs Twitter Feed\">false pretenses<\/a> in 2016 to pay $130,000 to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, who was, at the time, threatening to go public with an allegation that she had an affair with Trump 10 years prior.<\/p>\n<p>While the DOJ declined to prosecute Trump at the time, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat, has now alleged that Trump was aware of Cohen\u2019s scheme and partook in an effort to conceal the payment to prevent Daniels\u2019s claim from surfacing right before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan and Comer noted that Bragg\u2019s case is reliant on Cohen\u2019s \u201ctestimony and credibility.\u201d Cohen is expected to take the witness stand in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>One of the six examples the chairmen used to illustrate that Cohen committed perjury was how Cohen in February 2019 testified that he \u201cnever defrauded any bank,\u201d despite having pleaded guilty the previous year to lying to a bank.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison for his crimes, also testified during the February 2019 hearing to how his \u201cblind loyalty\u201d to Trump, especially involving Cohen\u2019s decision to pay Daniels, \u201ccost [Cohen] everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The chairmen said that they found it \u201ceven more troubling\u201d that \u201cCohen\u2019s advisor, Lanny Davis, boasted to <em>Politico<\/em> that Bragg\u2019s prosecution of President Trump all stemmed from Cohen\u2019s testimony to Congress in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now, a popularly elected, partisan prosecutor is using this convicted liar to carry out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trump-jr-blast-ny-ag-letitia-james-for-political-persecution-this-is-banana-republic-stuff\/\" title=\"Trump, Trump Jr. Blast NY AG Letitia James For \u2018Political Persecution\u2019: \u2018This Is Banana Republic Stuff\u2019\">politically motivated prosecution<\/a> of a former president,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen also pleaded guilty at the end of 2018 to lying to Congress during a separate hearing with the House Intelligence Committee, but he has never been prosecuted for his February 2019 testimony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans urge the DOJ to investigate Michael Cohen&#8217;s 2019 congressional testimony, alleging six false statements. 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