Jordan, Meadows urge House Intelligence to give them access to Michael Cohen transcripts
by Diana Stancy Correll
| April 02, 2019 07:00 PM
Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows pressed the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to provide them access to transcripts from Michael Cohen’s closed-door appearances before the panel in February and March.
Frustrated with a lack of bipartisan support for a criminal referral they recently sent to the Justice Department, the pair called for there to be accountability for what they said was blatant lies by President Trump’s former personal attorney.
“Every Member of the House of Representatives — whether Republican or Democrat — should not tolerate witnesses who lie before Congress,†Jordan, R-Ohio, and Meadows, R-N.C., wrote in a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and ranking member of the committee Devin Nunes, R-Calif. “This is a matter that goes directly to the integrity and credibility of the institution.â€
According to Jordan and Meadows, both members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cohen made “demonstrably false statements†when he appeared in February before their panel. In February they submitted a criminal referral to the Justice Department urging the agency to investigate statements made by Trump’s former attorney, including his denial that he was interested in working for the White House.
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