CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Intelligence Committee has indefinitely postponed a public hearing planned for next week with Michael Cohen, the longtime Trump attorney and 2016 campaign surrogate…
Cohen had been slated to appear in a private session last month but the committee called it off abruptly after Cohen arrived, citing his decision to release a statement prior to his testimony in defiance of the committee’s request that he refrain from public comments. Instead, the committee scheduled Cohen for an open hearing on Oct. 25.
In announcing the postponement, Burr and Warner did not include any hint of the frustration that led to their initial decision to bring Cohen in publicly and even praised his ‘cooperation’ with the panel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election…
In his public statement, Cohen denied he had any involvement in Russia’s efforts to medde in the presidential election, an effort the intelligence community has concluded was meant to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances and boost Trump’s.
When he first appeared, Cohen spent more than an hour with committee staff before they canceled his hearing.”
-Kyle Cheney, “Senate intelligence panel postpones hearing with Trump personal lawyer,” Politico, Oct. 20, 2017 12:28pm