Article snippet: Senate investigators postponed their scheduled meeting with Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and longtime confidant Michael Cohen in the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election on Tuesday. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., released a statement after the meeting came to an early and abrupt end, chastising Cohen releasing his own statement ahead of the interview. “We were disappointed that Mr. Cohen decided to pre-empt today’s interview by releasing a public statement prior to his engagement with Committee staff, in spite of the Committee’s requests that he refrain from public comment,” the statement reads. “As a result, we declined to move forward with today’s interview and will reschedule Mr. Cohen’s appearance before the Committee in open session at a date in the near future. The Committee expects witnesses in this investigation to work in good faith with the Senate.” As he left the meeting, Cohen said he plans to return and looks forward to cooperating with Congress. On Tuesday afternoon, Burr and Warner announced that the committee had invited Cohen to appear at an open hearing on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. The Senate Intelligence Committee is one of at least four congressional committees looking into aspects of suspected Russian interference in the election. The committee has studied classified documents and quietly interviewed dozens of officials involved in the 2016 campaign, with the goal of... Link to the full article to read more