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A pair of lead Republicans in the House are demanding to know why the Department of Justice has not yet investigated Michael Cohen despite the former Trump fixer admitting he lied to Congress. 

Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner and GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik wrote  the Justice Department (DOJ) six months ago with a criminal referral for Cohen. The DOJ confirmed receipt of the letter but has never followed up. 

Cohen admitted in October to lying to Congress in 2019 when he falsely told the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors that he was not instructed by Trump to inflate his net worth.

'So you lied under oath in February of 2019? Is that your testimony?' he was asked by Trump attorney Alina Habba at the end of October in the ongoing $250 million New York civil fraud trial into Trump's finances.

'Yes,' Cohen replied.

'The Biden Administration's attempts to stonewall this investigation is yet another example of Biden's lawfare against President Trump,' Stefanik, N.Y., the House's number three Republican, said in a statement to DailyMail.com. 

'Michael Cohen has no credibility. He is an admitted liar,' said Turner, R-Ohio. 

Cohen, meanwhile, may be undermining his own credibility as a witness, as he's been taking to TikTok to talk about the case and requesting donations. 'Trump 2024?' Cohen said on the video-sharing platform. 'More like Trump 20-24 years.'

Cohen served a stint in federal prison for breaking campaign finance laws by facilitating the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about the alleged affair. 

Trump has currently been in court in New York over hush money charges related to the payment. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to the hush money payment Cohen made to Daniels just before the 2016 election.