Republicans demand to know why Michael Cohen still hasn't been charged with perjury six months after admitting he lied to Congress

A pair of lead Republicans in the House are demanding to know why the Department of Justice has not yet investigated Michael Cohen despite the former Trump fixer admitting he lied to Congress. 

Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik wrote  the Justice Department (DOJ) six months ago with a criminal referral for Cohen. The DOJ confirmed receipt of the letter but has never followed up. 

Cohen admitted in October to lying to Congress in 2019 when he falsely told the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors that he was not instructed by Trump to inflate his net worth.

'So you lied under oath in February of 2019? Is that your testimony?' he was asked by Trump attorney Alina Habba at the end of October in the ongoing $250 million New York civil fraud trial into Trump's finances.

A pair of lead Republicans in the House are demanding to know why the Department of Justice has not yet investigated Michael Cohen despite the former Trump fixer admitting he lied to Congress

'Yes,' Cohen replied.

'The Biden Administration's attempts to stonewall this investigation is yet another example of Biden's lawfare against President Trump,' Stefanik, N.Y., the House's number three Republican, said in a statement to DailyMail.com. 

'Michael Cohen has no credibility. He is an admitted liar,' said Turner, R-Ohio. 

Cohen, meanwhile, may be undermining his own credibility as a witness, as he's been taking to TikTok to talk about the case and requesting donations. 'Trump 2024?' Cohen said on the video-sharing platform. 'More like Trump 20-24 years.'

Cohen served a stint in federal prison for breaking campaign finance laws by facilitating the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about the alleged affair. 

Trump has currently been in court in New York over hush money charges related to the payment. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to the hush money payment Cohen made to Daniels just before the 2016 election. 

Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik wrote the Justice Department (DOJ) six months ago with a criminal referral for Cohen. The DOJ confirmed receipt of the letter but has never followed up

Drawing of Trump asleep in court for his hush money trial 

The pair noted that Michael Colangelo - a Manhattan prosecutor and former top Justice Department attorney - was leading the prosecution for the case accusing Trump of illegally concealing hush money payments to silence allegations of an affair with Stormy Daniels, with Cohen as their 'star witness.' 

Trump's lawyers have insisted the payment was not to influence an election while Cohen said that is exactly what it was for. 

Cohen turned on Trump as the walls closed in and he realized he was going to jail for his legal troubles.

Cohen was previously convicted for lying to Congress in 2018 about work he conducted on a Trump Tower business deal in Russia.

In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges, which included five counts of tax evasion and bank fraud. He was sentenced to three years in prison and slapped with a $50,000 fine.

He was also disbarred from practicing law in New York state.

At the time, he said the lie to the House Intelligence Committee was an effort to align with Trump's 'political messaging.' 

Stefanik and Turner also noted the DOJ 'brought the first contempt-of-Congress prosecutions seen in nearly forty years' against two other Trump aides, Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon, for ignoring a congressional subpoena. 

'Perjury and false statements before Congress are crimes that undermine the integrity of the constitutional duty to conduct oversight and inquiries—far more so than contesting the lawfulness of a subpoena,' they wrote. 'Yet, despite an admission from Mr. Cohen that he lied under oath to Congress, the Biden Justice Department did nothing.'

Cohen was the first to be charged by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller for lying to Congress during his investigation into the Trump campaigns connections to Russia.

Mueller concluded after 22 months that there was not enough evidence to show collusion and while he made no determination on obstruction, he said he was unable to 'exonerate' the president.

Trump's attorneys grilled Cohen over his previous convictions during an intense cross examination last month during the civil fraud trial.

Habba attacked Cohen's credibility by referencing comments made by prosecutors during his 2018 sentencing.

The sentencing judge at the time also noted that Cohen's crimes showed a 'pattern of deception that permeated his professional life' and declared that he had 'abused his relationship to a powerful individual', referring to Trump.

Habba cited statements saying Cohen was 'motivated by personal greed' and had 'repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends.'

Cohen reported to prison in May 2019, but was granted release to home confinement following a COVID-19 outbreak in federal prisons.