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Mark Meadows responds to racism accusation, calls for the DOJ to investigate Michael Cohen for perjury

Michael Cohen: “There’s not much I can say other than it was very productive. As I said, I’m committed to telling the truth, and I will be back on March 6 to finish up. There’s more to discuss."

Republican Congressmen Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows allege President Trump's former attorney perjured himself during Wednesday's House Oversight Committee hearing.They write to the Justice Department and refer Michael Cohen for possible criminal prosecution, claiming to have evidence that Cohen "committed perjury and knowingly made false statements" in his House Oversight testimony.

“Just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them, does not mean they aren’t racist and it is insensitive that some would even say, the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself.”  Rashida Tlaib aksed. An emotional Meadows fired back, saying Lynne Patton, a Trump aide and official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, wanted to be present in support of President Trump. He asked that Tlaib's remarks be stricken from the record. “My nieces and nephews are people of color. Not many people know that. You know that, Mr. Chairman. And to indicate that I asked someone who is a personal friend of the Trump family, who has worked for him, who knows this particular individual (motioning to Cohen), that she’s coming in to be a prop -- it's racist to suggest that I asked her to come in here for that reason."  OK I have to admit that chairman Cummings play