After Cohen passed on the House Oversight Committee’s hearing yesterday, the Senate Intel Committee subpoenaed him today to come before their committee before he goes to jail:
FOX NEWS – The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen to appear before the panel, a day after the former Trump attorney postponed scheduled testimony before another congressional committee.
Cohen’s attorney and communications adviser Lanny Davis told Fox News that the committee, led by Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Ranking Member Mark Warner, D-Va., served his client with a subpoena Thursday morning.
The committee’s decision to subpoena Cohen comes after Davis announced on Wednesday that a public hearing before the House Oversight Committee, slated for Feb. 7, would be postponed due to alleged threats from the president and his attorney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Burr and Warner declined to comment on the subpoena, and provided no additional details as to when Cohen could appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify.
Cohen does not have to report to prison until March 6.
You might be wondering if Cohen is going to say he can’t attend that hearing either, but according to his lawyer Cohen will attend:
Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen will comply with a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify before that panel, Cohen’s personal lawyer Lanny Davis said Thursday.
“Of course he will honor the subpoena,” 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.”
Something tells me Cohen won’t be giving the committee very many answers, and perhaps he’ll even plead the 5th to keep from having to answer anything.
I guess we’ll find out in February…