<p>On Wednesday, two leading <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> again pressed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-cohen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Cohen</a>, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s onetime lawyer and fixer, committed perjury during testimony before Congress in 2019.</p>
<p>House GOP Conference Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elise-stefanik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) and Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, claiming that the DOJ had yet to address the criminal referral they sent nearly <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/11/stefanik-and-turner-send-criminal-referral-to-doj-demanding-immediate-investigation-of-michael-cohen-for-perjury-knowingly-making-false-statements-while-testifying-under-oath" target="_blank" rel="noopener">six months ago</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;To date, we received no response from the Biden Justice Department regarding this criminal referral. This is unacceptable,&#8221; the lawmakers <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/81b76c35801/c6f5d94a-1813-45f1-b0e7-165239741c9e.pdf?rdr=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, adding that &#8220;despite an admission from Mr. Cohen that he lied under oath to Congress, the Biden Justice Department did nothing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cohen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sues-michael-cohen-for-500-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty</a> in 2018 to multiple crimes, including lying to Congress, and ended up serving time in prison. He is now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-avenatti-claims-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-hush-money-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slated to testify</a> in a New York City hush-money trial about his role in facilitating payments to women who allegedly had affairs with Trump — claims the former president denied.</p>
<p>Trump, who is again running for re-election, faces 34 felony <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-conspiracy-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counts</a> of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up the payments in a bid to conceal damaging information as part of a <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“catch and kill”</a> scheme to influence the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> what he says is a &#8220;political persecution.&#8221;</p>
<p>Stefanik and Turner contend that evidence shows Cohen may have made false statements while testifying under oath to the House Intelligence Committee in February 2019. They point to Cohen&#8217;s testimony in Trump&#8217;s New York civil fraud trial in October of 2023 as cause for a perjury inquiry.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Cohen was asked if he was honest during his testimony before the Committee in February 2019. In response, Mr. Cohen stated, &#8216;No.&#8217; When asked if he lied under oath in February 2019 before the Committee, Mr. Cohen stated, &#8216;Yes,'&#8221; their letter said.</p>
<p>Due to a lack of a response by the DOJ, Stefanik and Turner suggested, the agency is actively working to &#8220;help&#8221; President Joe Biden, who is also running for a second term, and &#8220;hurt&#8221; Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;We urge you to stop politicizing and weaponizing the Biden Justice Department — and open a criminal investigation into whether Mr. Cohen committed perjury and knowingly made false statements to the Committee during his testimony in February 2019,&#8221; they added.</p>
<p>A DOJ spokesperson told The Daily Wire the agency confirmed receipt of the letter but declined to comment further.</p>
<p>When Stefanik and Turner first sent their criminal referral in November, Cohen <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/trump-allies-michael-cohen-perjury-00127060" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> accusing the lawmakers of doing Trump&#8217;s &#8220;bidding in witness tampering and obstructing justice,&#8221; according to POLITICO.</p>
<p>They &#8220;fail to understand the distinction between explicit and implied; which is how the question was asked and accurately responded to. The topic was further clarified several questions thereafter; which is conveniently and intentionally being ignored. I am not concerned at all with their baseless request,&#8221; Cohen added.</p>
<p>Stefanik, who is seen as a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-potential-vp-picks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contender</a> to be Trump&#8217;s vice presidential running mate, announced on Tuesday that she had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elise-stefanik-accuses-special-counsel-jack-smith-of-election-interference-in-ethics-complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed an ethics complaint</a> with the DOJ against special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading two other criminal cases against Trump.</p>

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