[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 86 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRESS OUGHT TO ASSERT ITS EQUITIES TO STOP ELECTION INTERFERENCE

  (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, I rise to alert this House of election 
interference that is going on in a Manhattan courtroom right now, and 
we ought to assert our equities to ensure that Federal elections aren't 
subject to this type of devious behavior.
  This entire case in New York is based on Michael Cohen. He is one of 
the few people walking around the planet Earth today who has lied to 
all three branches of government. He lied to the investigators. He lied 
to his own sentencing judge. He lied to this very Congress.
  As if that wasn't enough, Michael Cohen lied to this very jury 
Tuesday. Tuesday, he said that the principal correspondence that he had 
was directly with President Trump and only about the completion of this 
payoff to Stormy Daniels. In reality, text messages prove that Michael 
Cohen was complaining to Keith Schiller about harassing phone calls 
from a 14-year-old and threatening to send him to Secret Service.
  Michael Cohen lies about matters large and small. There is a reason 
he was held to the end of this case. They were hoping to corroborate 
him. They couldn't. It has failed, and it should be dismissed. 
Otherwise, the Congress should certainly assert our equities to stop 
election interference.

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