TITLE: TRUTH, LIES, AND NEPOTISM

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REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL

Michael Cohen's testimony:

• Michael Cohen’s testimony and text of his opening statement before the House Oversight Committee 
• Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s questioning during the Cohen hearing
• A video from the NYT of Representative Gosar’s questioning of Cohen, featuring his “Liar, Liar Pants on Fire!” poster
• The referral letter from Representatives Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows requesting that the Attorney General investigate Cohen for perjury
• Perjury statutes: 18 U.S.C. § 1621 & 18 U.S.C. § 1001
• Jay Sekulow’s response to Cohen’s testimony claiming that Sekulow reviewed Cohen’s false statement to Congress (for which Cohen was convicted)
• Cohen’s SDNY sentencing memo, which states Cohen, “acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1”
• An article from the Washington Post reporting on Cohen’s SDNY case that implicated Trump in violating campaign finance laws
• An article from Vox explaining Trump’s tweets about Cohen’s book deal

House Judiciary Committee’s investigation:

• Representative Jerry Nadler’s interview on This Week (3/3/19), where he announced the investigation
• The House Judiciary Committee’s Document Requests, issued on 3/4/19, to 81 recipients.

Jared Kushner’s security clearance:

• An article in The Washington Post on career officials' rejection of Kushner’s top-secret security clearance application
• David Priess and Mark Zaid’s op-ed in The Washington Post analyzing Trump’s constitutional authority to give Kusher top-secret security clearance
• A statement from Abbe Lowell’s spokesperson regarding Kushner’s security clearance 
• Representative Adam Schiff’s response to Kushner reports
• A report from the Washington Post about Trump’s past comments concerning the invocation of the Fifth Amendment

White House Counsel:

• An article in the Washington Post about White House Counsel’s growing legal team

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