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Report: Michael Cohen May Be Charged With Major Fraud

Charges could be filed within days, sources say

(Newser) - President Trump's former right-hand man may soon be charged with fraud involving well over $20 million in loans, sources tell the New York Times . The insiders, including a banker who reviewed the transactions, say federal investigators are looking into whether Michael Cohen and taxi businesses owned by his family...

Ex-Judge: I'm Done Reviewing Michael Cohen Raid Items

Attorney Barbara Jones went through more than 4 million items

(Newser) - An ex-judge reviewing over four million items seized from President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer for attorney-client privilege said Thursday that her work is finished, the AP reports. Attorney Barbara Jones revealed in a letter in Manhattan federal court that she has completed her review of designations by lawyers...

Cohen's New Allegation Comes With One Big 'If'

It's his word against Trump's, unless Mueller can corroborate

(Newser) - CNN and NBC came out with a potentially big story Thursday night, reporting that Michael Cohen says Donald Trump was fully aware of the infamous meeting between Russians and some of Trump's closest advisers ahead of the election. On Friday, the president himself emphatically denied the allegation made...

Report: Cohen Says Trump Knew About Infamous Meeting

Trump allegedly approved Trump Tower meeting with Russians

(Newser) - Michael Cohen has some bombshell news about the Trump family's pre-election contacts with Russians and he's willing to talk to Robert Mueller about it, CNN reports, citing "sources with knowledge." The sources say Trump, despite his repeated denials, knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting...

Trump Asks If 'Sad' Thing Cohen Did Is a First

'What kind of a lawyer would tape a client?' president tweets

(Newser) - A recording of then-candidate Donald Trump and longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen discussing a hush money payment involving a former Playboy model over an alleged affair was made public by CNN Tuesday night—and the president had something to say about it on Wednesday. "What kind of a...

Secret Trump-Cohen Recording Released

They discuss hush money payment to ex- Playboy model

(Newser) - A recording of the current president of the United States discussing a hush money payment involving a former Playboy model over an alleged affair was made public Tuesday night—and the biggest controversy is over the proposed method of payment. In the recording aired by CNN , Trump talks to attorney...

Trump Slams Cohen Over Secret Taping

'Totally unheard of' and 'perhaps illegal,' president says of recorded conversation

(Newser) - If President Trump and former attorney Michael Cohen weren't already on the outs, the revelation that Cohen secretly recorded at least one of their phone conversations has cinched it. The president took to Twitter Saturday morning to express his displeasure and to suggest that Cohen might have broken the...

Cohen Secretly Recorded a Dicey Talk With Trump

They discussed payment for ex-model alleging affair; Giuliani hears nothing damaging

(Newser) - The New York Times is out with a potentially big scoop regarding former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. It seems that when FBI agents raided his office in April, they found a recording that Cohen secretly made of a conversation between him and Trump two months before the election. The newspaper...

Michael Cohen Interview: 'My Silence Is Broken!'

Former Trump lawyer sits down for ABC interview

(Newser) - President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, who once said he would do anything to protect the president, says in an ABC News interview that he now puts "family and country first." Michael Cohen also told George Stephanopoulos that he would defer to his new lawyer, Guy Petrillo, if...

New Subpoena in Cohen Case Puts Focus on National Enquirer

Federal prosecutors looking into how America Media Inc. handled Playboy model's story

(Newser) - The National Enquirer paid a former Playboy model $150,000 during the 2016 campaign for the rights to her allegations that she'd had an affair with Donald Trump but then killed the story. Does that amount to an illegal campaign contribution? That's one of the questions federal prosecutors...

Cohen Splitting With Lawyers. Here's What That Could Mean

Sources say his legal team is removing itself from the case after this week

(Newser) - Michael Cohen is back in the news, with a slew of headlines regarding his legal representation and the likelihood that he plans to cooperate with federal prosecutors. Unnamed sources are providing all the details. How the story is variously being reported:
  • ABC News was first out with the story, with
...

Guilty Plea of 'Taxi King' Could Be Bad News for Cohen

Evgeny Freidman agrees to cooperate with investigators

(Newser) - The "Taxi King of New York" has made a plea deal that could be bad news for Michael Cohen. Evgeny Freidman, the longtime business partner of President Trump's lawyer, entered a guilty plea in a state tax fraud case Tuesday after making a deal to cooperate with investigators,...

At Dec. 2016 Meeting, an Alleged $1M Overture

Ex-Qatari delegate Ahmed al-Rumaihi says Michael Cohen offered him access to Trump

(Newser) - Michael Cohen seems to have kept busy after the election as a "Trump whisperer," and new developments out of the Mideast offer further revelations on his apparent attempts to cash in. Sources tell the Washington Post that in the days before a Dec. 12, 2016, Trump Tower meeting...

Footnote in Tiny Type Reveals Trump's Repayment to Cohen

Repayment was included in this year's financial disclosure

(Newser) - President Trump has submitted his annual financial disclosure to the US Office of Government Ethics, and the report reveals a payment to his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, the AP reports. The value of the payment ranged from $100,001 to $250,000. Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani revealed earlier this month...

Trump Tweeted About Schneiderman Years Ago

The attorney had been approached by two women with allegations against the NY attorney general

(Newser) - A New York lawyer said he told Trump attorney Michael Cohen years ago that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was abusing women, reports the AP . Schneiderman, a frequent legal nemesis of the president, resigned this week after the New Yorker published the accounts of four women who said...

AT&T Ousts Executive Who Paid Michael Cohen $600K

'Big mistake,' writes chief executive Randall Stephenson

(Newser) - AT&T is one of the companies that paid big money to Michael Cohen after President Trump's election to take advantage of his close ties to the president. "Big mistake," chief executive Randall Stephenson writes in a company email now in wide circulation in the media. What'...

Mike Pence Wants Mueller to 'Wrap It Up'

Statement is VP's most forceful to date on the investigation

(Newser) - Mike Pence has a message for Robert Mueller: "It's time to wrap it up." In an interview with Andrea Mitchell on NBC’s Today , the vice president urged Mueller to finish his investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russia. Pence said the White House...

Cohen Cashed in as a &#39;Trump Whisperer&#39;
Cohen Cashed in as
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Cohen Cashed in as a 'Trump Whisperer'

Novartis ended up paying $1.2M for one meeting

(Newser) - Michael Cohen made millions of dollars after the election as a "Trump whisperer," charging corporate clients large sums for insights into the thinking of the new administration—but it's still unclear whether his behavior was illegal or merely "swampy." Sources tell the Washington Post that...

Russia-Linked Firm Paid $500K to Trump Lawyer

Stormy Daniels' attorney releases financial bombshell

(Newser) - Michael Cohen's legal woes appeared to deepen Tuesday night with a bombshell release from Stormy Daniels' attorney. According to financial records reviewed by the New York Times and NBC News , a company linked to a Russian oligarch targeted by US sanctions deposited around $500,000 into an account controlled...

Rudy Giuliani Has News on Possible Trump Plea

Trump's top attorney talks up a storm on 'This Week'

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani got America's attention Sunday by saying he couldn't deny that President Trump may plead the Fifth Amendment if he testifies in the Russia probe, ABC News reports. "Are you confident the president will not take the Fifth in this case?" asked George Stephanopoulos on This ...

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