- Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:56 pm
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A request from President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen to Democrats to help delay and reduce his upcoming three-year prison sentence – set to begin in just weeks – was rejected Monday by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif. In a letter sent to Democratic lawmakers last week, Cohen's legal team said he was still sorting through documents in his personal files that might be of interest to House Democrats investigating President Trump, including emails, voice recordings, images and other documents on a hard drive. The letter was sent to a series of Trump opponents, including Schiff and Reps. Jerry Nadler of New York, Maxine Waters of California and Elijah Cummings of Maryland, all Democrats. Despite the decision to remain uninvolved in his sentencing, Schiff told CNN on Monday that he was still open to hearing anything else that Cohen wanted to share.Michael, Michael, Michael. You are a tool for the Dems. And now that you have nothing to offer, you are being discarded. Maybe you should approach the Republicans and offer to tell them how the Dems scripted your testimony in return for their involvement in your jail sentence?
"We continue to encourage Mr. Cohen to provide us any materials that he has that are relevant to our investigation," Schiff said. "We will continue to do so and hope that he has additional information to offer, based upon what he can testify on, we may become involved but as of this time, he has not provided any information of substance."
