1/22/2019

GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony next month will exclude any topic that’s ‘under investigation,’ Republicans say they were told by Cohen’s lawyer, which could mean Cohen won’t discuss lying to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project or the payments made to women during the 2016 campaign for their silence. Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows, senior Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, released a letter to Cohen’s attorney Guy Petrillo discussing their conversation with another Cohen attorney, Lanny Davis. In the letter, Jordan and Meadows write that Davis told them Cohen’s testimony was likely to be ‘unsatisfying’ and ‘frustrating’ because of the topics that would be off limits…House Oversight Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings announced earlier this month that Cohen would be testifying before the committee on February 7. Cummings said after the hearing was announced that Cohen would ‘have a chance to tell his side of the story,’ while making clear that the hearing wouldn’t interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.”

Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju and Jake Tapper, “Republicans: Cohen lawyer says key topics off-limits for congressional hearing,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, January 22, 2019 8:24 pm