he s going to the oversight committee says he s coming. next week is going to be a busy week for us here in washington, d.c. you re going to have the mueller report, the mueller investigation ending, and then michael cohen is going to kind of go on a tour here of the house inside congress. he s supposed to appear publicly before the house oversight committee on february 27th, and it s expected, according to the committee, that he s going to talk a lot about the trump organization, the trump foundation, trump s business practices, trump s taxes, perhaps, about his habit of paying taxes or not paying taxes. they basically gave us a whole list of things that he has been cleared to testify about. they asked the department of justice, the committee went to the department of justice and said, what kind of questions can we ask him? what are you okay with us asking him. and they gave a list. really is all about the money,
administration of justice so requires. so, two different reports, but most importantly, these are only about mueller. this is in his investigation, which is a very limited one into russia counterintelligence and then obstruction of justice, the firing of comey. it doesn t have to do with the southern district investigation, the trump foundation, the other things congress is looking into and the like. so that s all separate. so we should just, as we talk about the mueller investigation, remember that s just one piece of a much larger inquiry. neal, do you believe a brief summary is in the president s best interest? i don t. i actually think that if it is a brief summary, it actually could be counterproductive to the president, because it won t resolve anything. and i think, you know, the investigation now is really like the internet, with multiple different nodes. you ve got congress, you ve got the southern district of new york, you have the new york attorney general, the state att
okay? he was very kwlicomplimentar his attorney general. i think the white house has some idea of the fact that this report was supposed to come in the next few days, and we ll see what gets out there. so, of course, the mueller investigation, shimon, is just one of the many investigations going on. perfect example, michael cohen now scheduled to testify publicly in front of congress in the next seven days. what do you think we ll learn there? the oversight committee says he s coming. next week is going to be a busy week for us here in washington, d.c. you re going to have the mueller report, the mueller investigation ending, and then michael cohen is going to kind of go on a tour here of the house inside congress. he s supposed to appear publicly before the house oversight committee on february 27th, and it s expected, according to the committee, that he s going to talk a lot about the trump organization, the trump foundation, trump s business practices, trump s taxes,
providing some sort of report but not a final report, doesn t say he s concluding the investigation on his own or anything like that. so that s step one. let s assume it s a final report from mueller. then it goes to the attorney general and then the attorney general is to provide a second report to congress. and it s contemplated in the regulations that report should be public if the public administration of justice so requires. so two different reports, but most importantly, these are only about mueller. this is in his investigation, which is a very limited one into russia counterintelligence and then obstruction of justice, the firing of comey. it doesn t have to do with the southern district investigation, the trump foundation, the other things congress is looking into and the like. so that s all separate. so we should just, as we talk about the mueller investigation, remember that s just one piece of a much larger inquiry. neal, do you believe a brief summary is in the president
include the president s debts and payments relating to efforts to influence the 2016 election. his compliance with campaign finance and tax laws. his conflicts of interest. his business practices. the trump international hotel in washington, d.c. the accuracy of the president s public statements. potentially fraudulent or inappropriate statements by the trump foundation and public efforts by the president and his attorney to intimidate cohen and others not to testify. that is going to be next wednesday. cohen will testify privately the following day. last month he postponed citing threats from the president and rudy giuliani. congress has an independent duty under the constitution to conduct oversight of the executive branch and any efforts to intimidate family members or pressure witnesses will not be