Michael Cohen postpones congressional testimony because of threats to family from Trump and Giuliani
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Dan Mangan
Kevin Breuninger
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is postponing his plan to testify before Congress in February because of concerns about his family’s safety, according to Cohen’s adviser Lanny Davis.
Davis cited “ongoing threats†to Cohen’s family from Trump and the president’s current personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in the decision to postpone his Feb. 7 appearance before the House Oversight Committee.
A spokesman for committee chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., as well as spokesmen for the White House and Giuliani, had no immediate comment.
Trump as recently as last week had urged people to “watch†Cohen’s father-in-law, Fima Shusterman, who was placed on probation in the mid-1990s after pleading guilty in a case in which he was charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS.
“Mr. Cohen volunteered to testify before the House Oversight Committee ‪on February 7th,†Davis said.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/michael-cohen-postpones-plan-to-testify-at-congress-.html President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is postponing his plan to testify before Congress in February because of concerns about his family’s safety, according to Cohen’s adviser Lanny Davis.
Davis cited “ongoing threats†to Cohen’s family from Trump and the president’s current personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in the decision to postpone his Feb. 7 appearance before the House Oversight Committee.
