In recent legal developments, two senior congressional Republicans have urged for a federal criminal investigation into whether former Donald Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, committed perjury during his 2019 congressional testimony concerning the former president’s business dealings. This request for investigative action has been led by none other than the House Intelligence Chairman. Representatives of both legal professionals and corporations alike will want to keep a vigilant eye on the proceedings of this case as it unfolds.
Cohen’s early admittance to lying to Congress in prior testimonies during Trump’s New York civil fraud trial has challenged the credibility of his 2019 deposition. Then, he had categorically denied Allen Weisselberg’s involvement, who was Trump’s former chief financial officer, in influencing him to amplify numbers on Trump’s personal financial statement.
The groundwork for this potential investigation rests on Cohen’s recently admitted dishonesty. In a remarkable turn of the tables during the trial, Cohen confessed that Weisselberg had in fact asked him to inflate the numbers on Trump’s financial statement.
For further updates concerning this developing case, you can keep track from Bloomberg Law.