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DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:<\/p>\n

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\u201cObstruction of justice is a crime. Suborning perjury is a crime. These grave allegations should be investigated immediately. And if they prove true, the president must be held accountable for these crimes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHouse Republicans dragged their feet, looked the other way, and did everything they could to protect Trump from the rule of law. Now that Democrats are in charge, we will not rest until the American people know the whole truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement:   \u201cObstruction of justice is a crime. Suborning perjury is a crime. These grave allegations should be investigated immediately. And if they prove true, the president must be held accountable for these crimes.   \u201cHouse Republicans dragged their feet, looked the other way, and did everything they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC on Report That President Trump Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-report-that-president-trump-directed-michael-cohen-to-lie-to-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-18T16:54:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-report-that-president-trump-directed-michael-cohen-to-lie-to-congress\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-report-that-president-trump-directed-michael-cohen-to-lie-to-congress\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Report That President Trump Directed Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress - 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