President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday in what is expected to be an explosive and contentious hearing.

So it immediately raised eyebrows when U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, directed this menacing Tweet at Cohen on Tuesday, the eve of his testimony.

Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot... — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 26, 2019

Walter Schaub, the former director of the Office of Government Ethics replied to Gaetz’s Tweet with the federal statute for tampering with a witness.

"Conversely, actions that have not been viewed as “integral” to the legislative process and, therefore, have not been interpreted to be protected legislative acts include:

- speaking outside of Congress;

- writing newsletters and issuing press releases...https://t.co/an5i4KkpOm — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 26, 2019

A tweet in which a sitting member of Congress tries his hand at witness intimidation: https://t.co/tSdtKvgDjb — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 26, 2019

The Florida Republican denied that he was witness tampering, according to a Vox reporter.