(CNN) President Donald Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen has postponed his congressional testimony before a second House committee, as the House Intelligence panel has scrapped his planned Friday appearance.

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement that Cohen's closed-door testimony would be postponed until later this month.

"In the interests of the investigation, Michael Cohen's testimony has been postponed until February 28th," said Schiff, a Democrat from California.

Schiff would not comment further on what he was referring to in citing "the interests of the investigation."

"Mr. Cohen has been fully cooperative with us and we hope and expect that will continue. But it was in the investigation's interest that we postpone to that date," he told reporters Wednesday.

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