The Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a subpoena for Michael Cohen to testify in mid-February, and Cohen, his lawyer says, will comply.
The move comes one day after the president's former lawyer and fixer decided to postpone his scheduled public testimony before the House Oversight Committee due to threats.
CNN:
House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff of California both said this week that they expect Cohen to testify before their panels — House Oversight in public and House Intelligence behind closed doors.
Cohen was scheduled to appear before the Oversight Committee on February 7 voluntarily, but he announced Wednesday he was postponing that appearance, citing threats to his family from Trump and Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Cohen already appeared once behind closed doors before the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2017. In December, he pleaded guilty for lying to Congress about how long the Trump Tower Moscow project discussions extended into the 2016 campaign.
“Of course he will honor the subpoena,” [Cohen's personal lawyer Lanny] Davis said on MSNBC when asked if Cohen would testify. “But what he will do as a result of the subpoena is a legal issue that would come down to reasonable discussions.”
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Cohen is scheduled to report to prison March 6 to serve a three-year sentence. He pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and lying to Congress last November, a plea elicited in part by Mueller. Cohen has been cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation, and has attributed some of his illicit actions to his prior “blind loyalty” to Trump.
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