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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; President Donald Trump&#8217;s former personal lawyer is postponing his public testimony to Congress.</p><p>Michael Cohen won&#8217;t appear as scheduled before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Feb. 7.</p><p>Cohen&#8217;s adviser Lanny Davis says the delay is on the advice of Cohen&#8217;s lawyers because Cohen&#8217;s still cooperating in special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s (MUHL&#8217;-urz) Russia investigation.</p><p>Davis also says Cohen has received threats.</p><p>The Democratic-led committee is investigating hush-money payments during the 2016 campaign to silence women who claimed to have had sex with Trump. Prosecutors say Trump directed Cohen to make the payments as a way to quash potential scandals during the campaign.</p><p>Trump&#8217;s denied having an affair.</p><p>Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his role in a Trump business proposal in Russia considered during the campaign.</p><style>
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Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen delaying testimony to Congress