Michael Cohen has been subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify sometime next month.
Lanny Davis, who advises Cohen, was served the subpoena Thursday morning, the lawyer confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
The subpoena for Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Trump, is to appear sometime in mid-February. It is likely that the hearing will be behind closed doors.
On Wednesday, Cohen postponed his scheduled testimony before the House Oversight Committee, citing “ongoing threats” from Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Cohen had agreed to testify Feb. 7 in front of the committee.
“Due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and Mr. Giuliani, as recently as this weekend, as well as Mr. Cohen’s continued cooperation with ongoing investigations, by advice of counsel, Mr. Cohen’s appearance will be postponed to a later date,” Davis said.
“This is a time where Mr. Cohen had to put his family and their safety first,” Davis said, but he did not elaborate on the “threats” his client has received from Trump and Giuliani.
Trump commented on the postponement Thursday, mocking Cohen’s hiring of Davis, a former White House lawyer in the Clinton administration. The president told reporters Wednesday that Cohen has “only been threatened by the truth.”
Late last year, Cohen pleaded guilty in two federal investigations, one brought against him by the Southern District of New York and another brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller. In December, he was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a handful of crimes, including bank fraud, illegal campaign contributions, and lying to Congress. In the process, Cohen all but implicated the president.
Cohen is set to report to federal prison on March 6.
