Jan. 23 (UPI) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former counsel, postponed his appearance before Congress due to threats against his family, his attorney said Wednesday.
Cohen was invited to appear before the House oversight committee on Feb. 7.
Cohen attorney Lanny Davi said in a statement verbal attacks against Cohen and his family — by Trump and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s current personal lawyer — were the reasons for the delay. Davis said some were made as recently as last weekend.
Davis didn’t give a specific date for Cohedn to appear, saying only it would be a “later date.”
Responding to the announcement, Trump accused Cohen of being “threatened by the truth.”
“He has other clients also, I assume, and he doesn’t want to tell the truth for me or” his other clients, he said.
After an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, Cohen, a former executive in the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty in August to eight counts of campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax fraud. He received a fine and a three-year prison sentence.
