Michael Cohen to publicly testify before U.S. Congress

Edited by Lena Valverde Jordi
2019-02-25 14:22:17

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New York, February 25 (RHC)-- Former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen has agreed to testify about his work for Donald Trump before Congress on Wednesday in an open hearing. The news came as Cohen’s upcoming prison term was pushed back by two months after he requested time to recover from a surgical procedure.

Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion, bank fraud, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress, after admitting he broke federal campaign finance laws by paying hush money to two women during the 2016 presidential campaign. He will begin his sentence in May.

In other news, CNN has reported that special counsel Robert Mueller may be wrapping up his probe and could release his report to Attorney General William Barr as soon as this week. Trump told reporters he would leave it up to Barr to decide whether to make the special counsel’s report available to the public.

Democratic lawmakers have repeatedly called for the open release of the report; last month a bipartisan bill was introduced in an effort to make Mueller’s findings open to all.



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