President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was granted a few more weeks of freedom on Wednesday (US time) after his lawyer said he is still recovering from shoulder surgery and needs to prepare for congressional testimony.
US District Judge William H. Pauley III approved the delay from March 6 to May 6 without comment after Cohen's lawyer said physical therapy and anticipated testimony before three congressional committees made it hard for him to quickly get his affairs in order.
They noted prosecutors did not object to a "one-time" 60-day delay. A spokesman for the office said on Wednesday that prosecutors declined to comment.
Cohen, Trump's former private lawyer and fixer, was expected to testify before three congressional committees later this month.
Cohen, 52, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to the Senate intelligence committee and campaign finance violations. He acknowledged lying about his role in a Trump business proposal in Moscow and paying two women who alleged affairs with Trump.
