The new Speaker of House oversight wants Cohen to testify in January



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<p>  The committee said Sunday that 39; he wanted Michael Cohen, the former attorney of President Donald Trump, to testify before Congress in January. </p>
<p>  "I hope that Mr. Cohen will appear before Congress, where he will be able to say exactly what that he has to the American public. told Mueller and others, without interfering in the Mueller investigation, "said in an interview given to Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), next chair of the House Monitoring and Reform Committee. Government, "State of the Union. "I think the American people just voted for transparency and integrity during our hearings. They want to hear from him. "</p>
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" I would certainly like to see it come in the month of January … before Congress, so that the representatives of the people have the opportunity to ask

Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison last week for pleading guilty to eight federal crimes, including charges related to paying or helping to make secret payments for women who claimed to have had relations with Trump. . Federal prosecutors in New York allege that Trump reportedly ordered Cohen to make the payments.

The sentence inflicted on Cohen is the longest that has been handed down to date, following the investigation of the special advocate Robert Mueller on the interference of Russia in the presidential campaign of 2016.