House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) have taken a significant step by referring Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former attorney, to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
In a letter to the DOJ Wednesday, the two Republicans said they had previously referred Cohen for prosecution because he committed "perjury and knowingly made false statements" to Congress on Feb. 27, 2019.
The pair cited the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, where Cohen is expected to be a witness. Trump has been charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
"Cohen's testimony is now the basis for a politically motivated prosecution of a former president and current declared candidate for that office," the two men said in the letter. "In light of the reliance on the testimony from this repeated liar, we reiterate our concerns and ask what the Justice Department has done to hold Cohen accountable for his false statements to Congress."
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They listed six instances in which Cohen repeatedly lied to a House committee, and they noted that he had admitted to not telling the truth in 2023.
"Currently, Manhattan's popularly elected District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is using Cohen as his star witness in an ongoing criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump," the letter continued. "Bragg's case heavily relies on Cohen's testimony and credibility. Even more troubling, Cohen's advisor, Lanny Davis, boasted to Politico that Bragg's prosecution of President Trump all stemmed from Cohen's testimony to Congress in 2019."
"His testimony was full of intentionally false statements. And now, a popularly elected, partisan prosecutor is using this convicted liar to carry out his politically motivated prosecution of a former president," the two chairmen added. "Therefore, we again request that the Justice Department investigate whether any of Mr. Cohen's testimony warrants another charge for violating" federal statutes.