--- title: Michael Cohen Says He Will Comply With Congress' Subpoena description: Cohen said Tuesday that he had not been issued a subpoena by Congress but that he would testify if he were given one. canonical: https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T02:07:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:10:43.632Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Lawyer Says He Will Testify If Subpoenaed by Congress og:description: Michael Cohen said he "would gladly comply" og:url: https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c65228329f03e3e/6988cd52cd1bba819c70531b/michael-cohen-lawyer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Lawyer Says He Will Testify If Subpoenaed by Congress twitter:description: Michael Cohen said he "would gladly comply" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c65228329f03e3e/6988cd52cd1bba819c70531b/michael-cohen-lawyer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Says He Will Testify If Subpoenaed by Congress  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 31, 2017 2:07 AM UTC  Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry at Trump Tower, Dec. 12, 2016 in New York City. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry at Trump Tower, Dec. 12, 2016 in New York City.Drew Angerer—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson May 31, 2017 2:07 AM UTC [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4795491/donald-trump-body-language-nato-summit/) personal lawyer [Michael Cohen ](http://time.com/4669737/white-house-leaks-intelligence-diplomats/)said Tuesday that he had not been issued a subpoena by Congress but that he would testify if he were given one. “In the event that I am subpoenaed to testify I would gladly comply as I have nothing to hide,” Cohen told TIME Tuesday. Cohen did say that both the Senate and House [intelligence committees ](http://time.com/4791661/michael-flynn-senate-intelligence-committee-business-subpoena/)have issued invitations for him to appear and to provide documents, but it was not a subpoena, and that he declined, claiming the questions were “too broad.” [ABC News first reported](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-investigation-expands-include-donald-trumps-personal-attorney/story?id=47646601) that he had been issued these invitations. “There has not been a single witness, a shred of documentary investigation that links me to this nonsensical Russian conspiracy,” Cohen said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/"},"headline":"Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Says He Will Testify If Subpoenaed by Congress","datePublished":"2017-05-31T02:07:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:10:43.632Z","description":"Michael Cohen said he \"would gladly comply\"","url":"https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c65228329f03e3e/6988cd52cd1bba819c70531b/michael-cohen-lawyer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c65228329f03e3e/6988cd52cd1bba819c70531b/michael-cohen-lawyer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","caption":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4798913/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-subpoena/","name":"Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Says He Will Testify If Subpoenaed by Congress"}}]}] ```