Trump Personal Lawyer Becomes ‘A Focus’ of Congressional Investigations Into Trump Campaign and Russia

Michael Cohen Says He Has ‘Declined the Invitation’ to Provide Information

President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen has become “a focus” of both the House and Senate investigations into the Trump campaign and Russia, according to ABC News. 

“Cohen confirmed to ABC News that House and Senate investigators have asked him ‘to provide information and testimony’ about any contacts he had with people connected to the Russian government, but he said he has turned down the invitation,” ABC News notes.

“I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered,” Cohen told ABC News in an email Tuesday.

After Cohen rejected the congressional requests for cooperation, the Senate Select Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to grant the chairman, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, and ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, blanket authority to issue subpoenas as they deem necessary.

MSNBC confirms:

In 2011 ABC News reported “Cohen, 44, is known around the office — and around New York — as Trump’s ‘pit bull.'”

Some have even nicknamed him “Tom,” a reference to Tom Hagen, the consigliore to Vito Corleone in the “Godfather” movies.

“It means that if somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit,” Cohen said in an interview with ABC News. “If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I’m not going to let you go until I’m finished.”

Here’s Cohen introducing then-candidate Trump last year:

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