House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is demanding that the Justice Department "Take immediate action" to prosecute ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen for making false statements and admitting to stealing during the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump.
Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Emmer, R-Minn., sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland Wednesday, urging the DOJ "Take immediate action" on the multiple criminal referrals from congressional committees related to alleged lies Cohen has told Congress.
Michael Cohen was Bragg's "Star witness" in the unprecedented criminal trial against Trump, who pleaded not guilty to all charges.
This fall, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., sent a criminal referral to the DOJ with evidence that Cohen committed perjury during a deposition in 2019.
During his testimony before the House Oversight Committee in 2019, Emmer said Cohen "Repeatedly claimed that he did not seek employment in President Trump's White House, despite evidence from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York demonstrating that 'Cohen privately told friends that he expected to be given a prominent role and title in the new administration.'".
TOP REPUBLICANS DOUBLE DOWN ON CALL FOR DOJ PROBE INTO BRAGG'S 'STAR WITNESS' MICHAEL COHEN. During the NY v. Trump criminal trial, Emmer said Cohen's "Lie to Congress was further confirmed" when a witness "Gave a firsthand account of Mr. Cohen's rage in December 2016 about not receiving a job in the Trump administration."
NY V. TRUMP: HOUSE JUDICIARY INVESTIGATES BRAGG PROSECUTOR WHO HELD SENIOR ROLE IN BIDEN DOJ. Emmer demanded the DOJ "Take immediate action on the criminal referrals," and declared that President Biden's DOJ "Already appears to be colluding" with Bragg in the case against Trump, pointing to former senior DOJ official Colangelo.
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