“The significance of the FBI raid cannot be understated,” he wrote, nodding to the proceedings in New York that this week brought in a third-party lawyer to review Cohen’s documents for confidential information before prosecutors can use them.
When the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Cohen’s hotel room, home and office earlier this month, it seized records related to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
The pause in the lawsuit will prevent Daniels from attempting to depose Trump and gain access to other documents and testimony from Cohen, CNN reported.
In her lawsuit, Daniels is asking whether the agreement was legal, and is looking at whether Trump consented to it, the judge in California wrote.
Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, said they plan to file an appeal.
“While we certainly respect Judge Otero’s 90 day stay order based on Cohen’s pleading of the 5th, we do not agree with it,” Avenatti wrote on Twitter.
“We will likely be filing an immediate appeal to the Ninth Circuit early next week. Justice delayed is justice denied.”
The California court set the next date of hearing to July 27.
