Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows have referred Michael Cohen to the Department of Justice for alleged perjury during his hearing before the House Oversight Committee this week.
The two Republican lawmakers penned a letter to Attorney General William Barr Thursday claiming the former lawyer for the President had “willfully and intentionally” made false statements before the committee.
“We write to refer significant evidence that Michael D. Cohen committed perjury and knowingly made false statements during his testimony before an Oversight and Reform Committee hearing,” they wrote.
The pair added that “Cohen made what appear to be numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the Justice Department in United States v. Cohen.”
The main point of contention appears to be Cohen’s denial of having committed bank fraud, something he specifically pleaded guilty to.
During his testimony, Cohen claimed he “never defrauded any bank,” a lie that “materially affects the Committee’s assessment of his credibility,” according to Meadows and Jordan.
In reality, Cohen had pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion, one count of making false statements to a banking institution, one count of causing an unlawful corporate contribution, and one count of excessive campaign contributions.
Meadows also tweeted that he had referred Cohen for criminal investigation due to violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Others with direct knowledge of Cohen’s activities claim he lied to Congress when he spoke of his intentions in trying to get a job in the White House.
“I was extremely proud to be the personal attorney for the President of the United States of America,” Cohen told lawmakers. “I did not want to go to the White House.”
“In truth, he actively lobbied anyone that would listen for the Chief of Staff role or anything else,” Donald Trump Jr. noted. “Plenty of reporters know it. He can’t help but perjure himself.”
According to the letter, Cohen also lied about the establishment of a Twitter account known as @WomenForCohen, contradicted previous testimony in regards to payments made to Stormy Daniels, and made false statements about what drove him to allegedly do these things on behalf of President Trump.
In closing, Jordan and Meadows described Cohen’s testimony as “a spectacular and brazen attempt to knowing and willfully testify falsely and fictitiously to numerous material facts.”
In short, the liar and convicted criminal lied and could be convicted yet again,
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HEY!! I'll be a witness!! I saw it all!! On live TV. The fool, even after the gentlemen told him they had the evidence, which was contrary to what he was saying, in their hands...he stuck with his LIES!!
This time, at least 10 years! For second offense, on multiple charges.
No mercy!! ON, The DemonRat stooge...RAT FINK!!
This diabolical TOAD should spend the rest of his miserable life in the prison population! NO solitary confinement! He should spend at LEAST forty years JUST for what he's done against President Trump! Sorry, I should not have called him a toad, but a WEASEL! Toads do not have the capacity to plan a coup except for food! The wily weasel Cohen planned to use every trick in the book to ROB President Trump! Using him for wealth, prestige, fame, and COMFORT! On second thought; weasel is MUCH to kind! COBRA!!!! As long as President Trump unknowingly "paid the piper", Cohen the Cobra would be fiercely loyal! When President Trump found out what he had been DONE to him, he was thrown OUT! IE: The music ceased to play, the cobra struck! Make that "LIFE" in prison! Not for ony what he did to President Trump, but what he did to US! The tax-payes FUNDING his depraved shenanigans!
HEY!! I'll be a witness!! I saw it all!! On live TV. The fool, even after the gentlemen told him they had the evidence, which was contrary to what he was saying, in their hands...he stuck with his LIES!!
This time, at least 10 years! For second offense, on multiple charges.
No mercy!! ON, The DemonRat stooge...RAT FINK!!
Is Cohen auditioning for CNN?
Cohen has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt he is a Demonrat...
I feel he should get more time for revealing privileged information between lawyer and client . I also feel MULIER should be arrested for making deals and forcing testimony that is supposed to be privileged only between lawyer and client .That gives the legal profession a big black eye to say nothing is privileged ! If a Judge can make a lawyer get up on stand and spill his guts of personal information of a client the why have a lawyer if they say don't say any thing with out you lawyer president ! What damn difference does it make!
I feel he should get more time for revealing privileged information between lawyer and client . I also feel MULIER should be arrested for making deals and forcing testimony that is supposed to be privileged only between lawyer and client .That gives the legal profession a big black eye to say nothing is privileged ! If a Judge can make a lawyer get up on stand and spill his guts of personal information of a client the why have a lawyer if they say don't say any thing with out you lawyer president ! What damn difference does it make!
I feel he should get more time for revealing privileged information between lawyer and client . I also feel MULIER should be arrested for making deals and forcing testimony that is supposed to be privileged only between lawyer and client .That gives the legal profession a big black eye to say nothing is privileged ! If a Judge can make a lawyer get up on stand and spill his guts of personal information of a client the why have a lawyer if they say don't say any thing with out you lawyer president ! What damn difference does it make!
Cohen has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt he is a Demonrat...
Is Cohen auditioning for CNN?