LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL COHEN: “One of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys, Michael Cohen, has received an ‘invitation to provide information and testimony’ that pertains to the Russia investigation to House and Senate intelligence committees, Cohen has confirmed.
‘I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered,’ Cohen told CNN Tuesday, adding that he considered it a ‘total fishing expedition.’
‘They have yet to produce one single piece of credible evidence that would corroborate the Russia narrative,’ Cohen said. He called the investigation a ‘rush to judgment.’
Cohen told CNN Tuesday that if Congress issues a subpoena to him, he will testify.
‘I have not been subpoenaed to testify. If I am subpoenaed to testify I will comply — and gladly — as I have nothing to hide,’ Cohen said. ‘There is no shred of evidence that implicates me.’
Cohen was the second person in Trump’s orbit to flatly deny a request from congressional investigators. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn rebutted a House request last week through his lawyer.”
-Jim Acosta, Tom LoBianco, and Gloria Borger, “Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he’ll ‘gladly’ testify — if Congress subpoenas him,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 30, 2017 11:44pm