Washington (CNN) House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is signaling he has no intention of helping Michael Cohen's quest to delay his upcoming three-year prison sentence after attorneys for President Donald Trump's former fixer informed lawmakers he had just gained access to troves of new records and could provide even more information to investigators.

"I don't get involved in sentencing matters as a practice. I never have in Congress and that's been my policy," Schiff told CNN on Monday when asked about Cohen's request.

Cohen's attorneys wrote last week to Democratic leaders of the committees where he testified in February and March, saying the President's former personal attorney needs to be "readily accessible and immediately available" to Congress in part because he was able to recently access a hard drive with 14 million files, consisting of emails, voice recordings and other information.

Cohen's lawyers asked lawmakers to write letters outlining his cooperation during his public and private testimony as well as with the "substantial trove of new information," something the attorneys could use to lobby authorities in the Southern District of New York for a delayed sentence.

Lanny Davis, Cohen's attorney, told CNN on Monday that his client is asking lawmakers only to send letters to Cohen's attorneys stating his cooperation, adding that he is not asking the members of Congress to communicate with the courts.

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