Something off here. This is the second delay.
Well Mueller better be dropping some more bombs between now and then.
Which investigation? Mueller, SDNY, Senate? 
Yes.
Cohen was not originally a cooperator with SDNY - maybe with the inauguration investigations he can contribute to the cause and get his overall sentence reduced.
I trust Schiff. I would take him at his word that this has something to do with (one of) the investigations. My guess is that Mueller or SDNY or both have indicated that they want a delay.
If I remember correctly there was fear that Cohen’s testimony might interfere with the Mueller investigation.
More spilling of these . No doubt in reference to the Inauguration
And which part of which investigation?
- House or SCO probe of election-related coordination with Russia?
- SDNY investigation of inaugural fund aquisitions or disbursements?
- Wire fraud/money laundering probe by any or all of the above?
As I tweeted, it’s getting increasingly hard to reconcile this with the conventional wisdom that Mueller is wrapping up and will deliver his report soon.
We’re living in a time where the sheer quantity of the Trump family’s crimes is making it impossible to sort through them quickly. I fear it’s going to be a year or more before there’s any actual accountability, but I’ve been wrong before.
“He is set to report to prison for several financial crimes on March 6.”
Couple things:
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Scheduling him for the 28th suggests to me that Mueller and Schiff/the Committee have discussed it and that there are questions they need/want to ask him at the public congressional hearing for which Mueller wants the answers kept confidential UNTIL THE 28th. But after? Well, if February has some nice surprises that obviate the need to keep those answers confidential after the 28th, then…happy February!
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There is also probably some consideration being made for Cohen’s prison term start date, because there are some issues raised by forcing a person to testify once in state custody, not least of which is simply the optics of them appearing to be forced by the state to testify, perhaps even in a particular way, which are certainly worsened by the presence of guards or even the ole orange jumpsuit/shackles, etc. It would impair his credibility and give Trump’s’ camp and the Faux News propaganda machine all sorts of ammo for ridiculous spin.
Possibility crimes are now being compounded?
Today’s hearing on gun safety:
There is no such thing. A single, bullet-headed toilet salesman made a comment to that effect.
Not sure that’s correct. I thought Cohen cooperated with SDNY on issues related to Trump, but balked at confessing to other shady deals he was involved with (eg, taxi cab medallions) or that he knew of (perhaps involving his father-in-law).
The refusal to come clean on everything with SDNY was used to explain why SDNY asked for 3-year sentence despite fact that Mueller praised his cooperation.
… 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.
That seems like a non-accusation accusation.
You and anyone else who was around for the Republican subversion of Lawrence Walsh’s investigation of the Ronald Wilson Reagan Presidential Campaign and Administration’s Iran-Contra Treason Scandal by Orrin Hatch, Allan Simpson, Congressman Charles Grassley, Mike DeWine. All Next Gen Rat Fuckers, and the smug, unctuous sanctimonious Oliver North (cocaine importer) and his smug, unctuous lawyer, Brendan Sullivan, who snookered the incredibly naive and inept Joe Biden (with his recent Presidential aspirant hair implants) and the other ranking Democratic Senators into immunizing all manner of Walsh Targets via their subpoenaed congressional testimony.
your characterization looks to be more accurate:
In their sentencing submission, prosecutors from Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s office acknowledged Cohen’s help, but strongly urged the court not to mistake Cohen’s efforts for those of a traditional cooperator.