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Could Michael Cohen be prosecuted for committing perjury again?
by Jerry Dunleavy
| February 27, 2019 08:59 PM
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Michael Cohen provided marathon testimony in front of the House Oversight and Reform Committee today and Republicans argued that he lied. Again. The House Oversight Committee’s ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ended with a statement outlining what he saw as new falsehoods.
Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress in Nov. 2018 after lying to Congress about the timing of the proposed Trump Tower in Moscow. In his closing statement, Jordan said, “We know Mr. Cohen has been dishonest in the past … that’s why he’s going to prison in two months.†And then he laid out what he saw as Cohen’s numerous lies in front of Congress today.
Bank Fraud
Jordan: “He said he never defrauded any bank when he was being questioned by Mr. Comer. Obviously that’s not true because he’s going to prison for that very offense.†Cohen's statement that “I never defrauded any bank" was plainly false. One of his felony convictions is making false statements to a financial institution.
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