LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, said Wednesday he would assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by porn actress Stormy Daniels, who alleges having had a sexual encounter with Trump, reports AFP. Cohen is asking to delay proceedings in Los Angeles for 90 days, arguing that any statement could affect a criminal investigation into his business dealings in New York.

That investigation saw the FBI raid his offices for information—including on a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed days before the 2016 presidential election. Invoking the fifth will allow Cohen to avoid revealing sensitive information in the wider probe into him.