I’m sorry about the brevity of this, but this was just announced within the last hour by the House Oversight Committee.
After consulting with the Department of Justice and with Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Chairman Cummings has set the scope for the Oversight Committee’s hearing with Mr. Cohen to address the following issues:
• the President’s debts and payments relating to efforts to influence the 2016 election;
• the President’s compliance with financial disclosure requirements;
• the President’s compliance with campaign finance laws;
• the President’s compliance with tax laws;
• the President’s potential and actual conflicts of interest;
• the President’s business practices;
• the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.;
• the accuracy of the President’s public statements;
• potentially fraudulent or inappropriate practices by the Trump Foundation; and
• public efforts by the President and his attorney to intimidate Mr. Cohen or others not to testify.
Well, that should be interesting television 😏
In its “Background” section, the Committee nonchalantly states that the Oval Office occupant is essentially a mob boss:
The Committee originally invited Mr. Cohen to testify on February 7, 2019, but his attorney announced that Mr. Cohen wanted to postpone his appearance due to public statements made by the President and the President’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, regarding members of Mr. Cohen’s family. Mr. Cohen’s attorney reported that Mr. Cohen was concerned about the safety of his family members and believed the statements were meant to intimidate him from testifying. Mr. Cohen is now willing to appear for a rescheduled hearing on February 27, 2019.
CNN adds:
On Wednesday, Cohen tweeted: "Looking forward to the #American people hearing my story in my voice!" He added: "#truth.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Cohen's attorney said in a court filing that his client expected to testify at three congressional hearings, and, in part because of those commitments, wanted to delay the start of his three-year prison sentence, which had been scheduled to begin March 6. A federal judge granted the postponement, and Cohen is now set to report to prison on May 6.