Michael Cohen plans to testify before members of Congress three times next week, and reporters spotted the president's former personal lawyer coming and going from the Senate Intelligence Committee's secure spaces Thursday.
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Both Cohen and his attorney Lanny Davis declined to answer questions about what they were doing at the committee.
Cohen's first hearing will be behind closed doors before that committee Tuesday. On Wednesday, Cohen will testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee. Then on Thursday, Cohen goes back behind closed doors to answer questions for the House Intelligence Committee.
It's not clear why Cohen was in the Senate Intelligence Committee's office ahead of his testimony, an unusual step for witnesses who have been interviewed by the panel as part of its two-year Russia investigation.
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Cohen is scheduled to begin a three-year prison sentence on May 6, a date that was pushed back by two months in part because his lawyer requested more time for Cohen to prepare for his congressional testimony.
Cohen was sentenced in December for tax crimes, campaign finance violations tied to hush money payments to women and lying to Congress during his 2017 testimony about how long negotiations for a Trump Tower Moscow extended into the 2016 campaign.
... The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena for his testimony, while he is appearing voluntarily before the House panels.
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Cohen's closed-door testimony is expected to touch on the Russia investigation, but not his public testimony.
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... Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the panel, said in a statement Thursday that the Cohen hearing was "phase one of the Democrats' coordinated campaign to remove the President from office."
"Our members intend to question Mr. Cohen about the crimes he pleaded guilty to, other criminal activity he participated in but refused to disclose, his international financial dealings, and a long list of other probative activities," Jordan said.
Michael Cohen is on Capitol Hill ahead of his testimony next week (CNN)