Anonymous ID: c0eff7 Jan. 18, 2019, 8:50 a.m. No.4806008   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Cohen fears Trump rhetoric could put his family at risk

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-fears-trump-rhetoric-place-family-risk/story?id=60430893

 

still intends to testify before Congress despite concerns for his family

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/politics/michael-cohen-testify-congress-concern-family/index.html

 

Cohen agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee on February 7. One of the sources said Cohen is concerned that a public hearing would make things worse for his family and is concerned about their safety. Trump publicly suggested in a Fox News interview over the weekend, without providing evidence, that he is aware of damaging information about Cohen's family.

The source said Cohen was glad that the chairman of the committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, put out a strong statement condemning Trump's remarks to Fox.

"It is unacceptable for anyone – including the President – to try to bully or intimidate our witnesses, to try to get them not to testify, to try to scare or threaten their family members, or to try to interfere with Congress' search for the truth," Cummings said earlier this week. "Our Committee has a long and bipartisan history of protecting the ability of witnesses to provide their information to us without even the appearance of intimidation or retaliation."