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Article snippet: MORE (D-Calif.). Schiff announced Monday evening that Cohen, who has been cooperating in special counsel Cohen postponed scheduled testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, citing “ongoing threats” from Trump and his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. Trump had suggested in an earlier interview with Fox News that Cohen should “should give information maybe on his father-in-law, because that’s the one that people want to look at.” Some Democrats suggested the comments could amount to witness intimidation and warned Trump against interfering with congressional probes. "Mr. Cohen has relayed to the committee his legitimate concerns for his own safety as well as that of his family, which have been fueled by improper comments made by the President and his lawyer,” Schiff said in a statement Monday. “As I've previously stated with my colleagues, chairmen MORE and Jerrold Nadler, efforts to intimidate witnesses, scare their family members, or prevent them from testifying before Congress are tactics we expect from organized crime, not the White House,” Schiff said. Cohen has also been subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee next month as part of its own Russia investigation. His legal counsel and spokesman Lanny Davis said he would comply with the subpoena. (Davis is an opinion contributor for The Hill.) Cohen attracted massive attention since last August, when he pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations stemming from a sch... Link to the full article to read more