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"The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has accepted Mr.
Cohen's request for postponement of tomorrow's hearing due to
post surgery medical needs," Lanny Davis said in a statement to
media. "A future date will be announced by the Committee."
Cohen's surgery was on his shoulder, according to a person
familiar with the matter.
Cohen, who is set to go to prison on March 6, had been
subpoenaed to appear before the Senate committee, one of two
main congressional panels investigating whether Russia
interfered in the U.S. 2016 presidential election.
Trump has said repeatedly there was no collusion between his
campaign and Russia and has called Special Counsel Robert
Mueller’s investigation a witch hunt. Moscow denies meddling in
the election, despite U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion of
Russian interference.
The delay is the latest snag in Cohen's planned appearances
before Congress.
Last week, the House Intelligence Committee postponed his
testimony until Feb. 28, citing "the interests of the
investigation."
Citing threats from Trump, Cohen also put off a hearing of the
House of Representatives Oversight Committee originally set for
last Thursday, which has not been rescheduled.
In December, Cohen was sentenced by a federal judge to three
years in prison for crimes including orchestrating hush payments
to women who said they had affairs with Trump, in violation of
campaign laws before the 2016 election.
(Reporting by Nathan Layne in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
and Peter Cooney)
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