Lanny Davis, an attorney for Michael Cohen, blasted President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE Friday over a series of tweets suggesting Cohen committed perjury in front of Congress regarding a possible book deal.

“Sometime in early 2018, Mr. Cohen was offered a substantial advance for a proposal regarding a book on understanding Donald Trump. Mr. Cohen ultimately elected not to proceed. In other words, POTUS has yet lied again...but what’s the difference between 9000 or 9001 lies?” Davis said in a statement.

The rebuke comes after a Friday morning tweetstorm in which Trump suggested Cohen, one of his former personal lawyers, wrote a book proposal painting the president in a much better light than he portrayed in a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Congress must demand the transcript of Michael Cohen’s new book, given to publishers a short time ago. Your heads will spin when you see the lies, misrepresentations and contradictions against his Thursday testimony. Like a different person! He is totally discredited! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2019

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The president berated Cohen after the Daily Mail resurfaced reporting saying that Cohen had proposed a book titled “Trump Revolution: From The Tower to The White House, Understanding Donald J. Trump,” which cast Trump in a good light.

Cohen also testified in front of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Wednesday to excoriate the president as a “racist” and “con man” who he claimed was engaged in several financial crimes and aware of Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneThe agony of justice Our Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Justice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report MORE’s efforts to coordinate with WikiLeaks about an embarrassing dump of Democratic documents.

The now-disbarred attorney has become a vocal critic of Trump for months as he’s been cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016. Trump pointed to the apparent inconsistencies between Cohen’s book and his testimony, saying “it’s time to stop this corrupt and illegally brought Witch Hunt.”

Cohen will begin a three-year prison sentence in May after pleading guilty to several charges, including lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and campaign finance violations over alleged hush-money payments to women who said they had affairs with Trump.