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On the day he was supposed to report to federal prison, President Trump\u2019s former longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen will instead testify behind closed doors at a House committee about crimes he alleges Trump committed while in the White House.<\/p>\n
The appearance at the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday will be his fourth appearance in the past eight days before a panel investigating Trump\u2019s campaign, administration and personal finances.<\/p>\n
Cohen\u2019s testimony also comes after Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a list of 81 individuals and entities<\/a> his panel wants to turn over documents.<\/p>\n Those on the list include Trump\u2019s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization.<\/p>\n Rep. Adam Schiff, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, is also asking for information from the Trump administration about the president\u2019s conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n The panel is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump or any of his associates colluded.<\/p>\n The questioning is expected to focus on whether Trump was involved in negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow deep into the summer of the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n The issue of pardons is also expected to come up after a report in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday<\/a> said Cohen\u2019s lawyer Stephen Ryan approached the Trump legal team about a possible pardon after the FBI raided Cohen\u2019s home and office last April.<\/p>\n Cohen, who will now report to prison on May 6<\/a> to serve a three-year prison sentence, told the House Oversight Committee last Wednesday that Trump directed him to make a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an affair she alleged she had with Trump.<\/p>\n The hush-payment was made weeks before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n