Boom.
F.B.I. Raids Office of Michael Cohen. Trump Calls it Disgraceful. mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/…
F.B.I. Raids Office of Michael Cohen. Trump Calls it Disgraceful. mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/…
Trump attorney Cohen under investigation for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, person familiar with case says washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-s…
The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by Victor Pinchuk for a talk during the campaign, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Trump and his associates mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/…
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Made 'Illegal' Campaign Contribution With Stormy Daniels Payoff newsweek.com/trump-lawyer-m…
April 3, 2017
"Elliott Broidy, Michael Cohen, and Louis DeJoy will serve as National Deputy Finance Chairmen."
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"Elliott Broidy, Michael Cohen, and Louis DeJoy will serve as National Deputy Finance Chairmen."
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Sessions Turned to Convicted Fundraiser Broidy for Advice on U.S. Attorneys, preparing to restock the DOJ at the start of the Trump administration. The Republican donor’s conviction in a political corruption case didn’t seem to be a problem. propublica.org/article/elliot…
Investigators were particularly interested in interactions involving Cohen and a former Trump Organization employee. Among other things, Cohen was involved in business deals secured or sought by the Trump Organization in Georgia, Kazakhstan and Russia. amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
"Shortly thereafter, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen wrote a letter to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president's press secretary, asking him to support the project. Sater admitted that he had received funding from the VTB Bank for the Trump Tower"
"One area of focus has been negotiations Cohen undertook during the campaign to help the Trump Organization build a tower in Moscow."
Important to note:
"Mr. Trump accused his own Justice Department of perpetrating a “witch hunt” and asserted that the F.B.I. “broke in to” Mr. Cohen’s office." This suggests Mueller passed the investigation on to the DOJ itself in New York.
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"Mr. Trump accused his own Justice Department of perpetrating a “witch hunt” and asserted that the F.B.I. “broke in to” Mr. Cohen’s office." This suggests Mueller passed the investigation on to the DOJ itself in New York.
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Rod Rosenstein Personally Approved F.B.I. Raid on Trump Lawyer, Officials Say nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/…
Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation.
The raid of Cohen's handled by others in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and approved by a federal judge. Berman is a Trump appointee with ties to Rudy Giuliani who donated money to the 2016 Trump campaign. abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-at…
Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, suggested on Tuesday that law enforcement officials may be looking into a man who was accused of threatening Daniels and warning her not to speak out about an alleged affair with President Donald Trump.
Search warrant in Cohen raid sought info on taxi medallions
Cohen has held numerous New York City medallions in his portfolio, according to records, though the value has been diminished since the onset of Uber and Lyft.
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Cohen has held numerous New York City medallions in his portfolio, according to records, though the value has been diminished since the onset of Uber and Lyft.
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Cabs were a good investment: Legal filings in a contractual dispute with his long-time partner, a polo-playing Ukrainian émigré named Simon Garber, show that he and his wife were pulling in $90,000 a month from their medallions in 2011 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
FBI agents who raided the office of President Trump’s lawyer sought records of payments to 2 women who claim they had affairs with Trump nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/…
Alexander Igolnikov sentenced for falsifying titles & reusing Them As Taxis. He is a former business partner of Symon Garber, a Russian businessman who became Chicago’s taxi kingpin after meeting former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s son Patrick Daley in Moscow
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FBI raid may have also been prompted by a letter sent to the FBI by @tedlieu and @RepKathleenRice.
Michael Cohen had his office that was raided at Squire Patton Boggs, which worked with Cohen (until now) and also represents Cambridge Analytica.
What Michael Cohen Knows About the Trump Organization
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Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape
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Felix Sater is also a childhood friend of embattled Trump lawyer Michael Cohen from Brooklyn, with whom he was involved with in both a secret Ukraine peace deal after Trump’s inauguration and in a Moscow Trump Tower deal during the election.
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Eight months before the National Enquirer's parent company paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, they made a $30,000 payment to a former doorman at one of Trump's New York City buildings. washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…
"Cohen, the longtime Trump attorney, acknowledged to the AP that he had discussed Sajudin’s story with the magazine when the tabloid was working on it."
Wow.
Federal investigators have requested all communications between two top execs. at American Media Inc. -- which publishes the National Enquirer -- and Michael Cohen, multiple sources confirm to NBC News.
Trump’s allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney
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President Donald Trump’s personal attorney is trying to prevent the government from using materials it found in a search of his office and residence this week. apnews.com/cb095acaaeef4a…
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” whose home and office were raided by law enforcement this week, facilitated a $1.6 million payment to a former Playboy model who said she was impregnated by Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy.
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"The Broidy agreement uses the same pseudonyms for Mr. Broidy and the woman with whom he was allegedly involved—David Dennison and Peggy Peterson—as the earlier agreement used for Mr. Trump and Ms. Clifford, respectively"
Former AMI editor describes 'favor bank' of killed Trump stories cnnmon.ie/2IRRcai via @CNNMoney
In a court filing, federal prosecutors in Manhattan confirm that President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, "is under criminal investigation."
Trump Called Michael Cohen as Their Lawyers Went to Court Over Seized Trump Documents nytimes.com/2018/04/13/us/…
Defense lawyers often caution witnesses and subjects to no talk during an ongoing investigation because it appears like they may be conspiring together.
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
President Trump's advisers believe the corruption investigation into his lawyer is a bigger threat than the special counsel's Russia inquiry
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Federal judge grants petition for Pres. Trump to intervene in Michael Cohen motion seeking to limit prosecutors’ ability to review material seized in raids of Cohen’s home and office earlier this week.
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Checkmate.
Sources tell us that Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of the dossier mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
Sources tell us that Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of the dossier mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer
Michael Cohen received a check for $350,000 in 1999 for one of the leaders of the Izmaylovskaya Organized Crime Group.
Michael Cohen received a check for $350,000 from the Russian hockey player Vladimir Malakhov
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Michael Cohen received a check for $350,000 from the Russian hockey player Vladimir Malakhov
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"Clearly Vladmir Malakhov had to have known somebody who I was affiliated to and the only person I can [think of] is Simon Garber"
"QUESTION: Is he still your partner or are you out of the taxi industry now?
ANSWER: I am out of the taxi industry."
ANSWER: I am out of the taxi industry."
"$350,000 transferred to Michael Cohen was intended for one of the leaders of the Izmaylovskaya Organized Crime Group (OCG) Vitaly Yuryevich Buslaev nicknamed Buslay (born in 1965)."
During a deposition, they showed him the check that Malakhov wrote, which had been endorsed with what appeared to be Cohen’s signature. Cohen declined to say whether it really was his.
“It could be,” he allowed.
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“It could be,” he allowed.
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"QUESTION: This was deposited, according to the back of the check, into your trust account; is that right?
ANSWER: Correct.
QUESTION: Your testimony is that you don't know why a Vladmir Malakhov would write you a check for $350,000 in January of 1999?
ANSWER: I don't recall why"
ANSWER: Correct.
QUESTION: Your testimony is that you don't know why a Vladmir Malakhov would write you a check for $350,000 in January of 1999?
ANSWER: I don't recall why"
Michael Cohen's brother is Bryan Cohen. Bryan's father-in-law is Ukraine-born Alex Oronov, who died of an illness in March 2017 and allegedly had links to the Steele dossier. Oronov reportedly organized meeting aimed at helping give Putin control of Crimea independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Michael Cohen’s father-in-law, Fima Shusterman, “has been in the taxi business for decades, and was charged in the early 1990s with knowingly conspiring to defraud the IRS as part of a money laundering and tax fraud scheme.”
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Michael Cohen worked for a company controlled by Viktor Topolov. Toplov was investigated for money laundering & embezzlement. The FBI said his associates are “well known” members of the Russian mafia. He co-owned an ethanol company with partner Alex Oronov
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"Topolov was a powerful ally, with access to Ukrainian banks and politicians. He also ran a conglomerate, Kyiv-Donbas, that employed three executives the FBI described as members of a violent Russian organized-crime network."
"One was a mob enforcer who admitted taking part in at least 20 murders, and who was closely associated with Semion Mogilevich, a powerful boss in Russian organized crime."
"Topolov left CSKA Kiev and was replaced in 1999 by a close associate, Andrii Artemenko"
"Artemenko attracted international attention earlier [in 2017] when it emerged that he personally had handed Cohen a controversial peace plan for Ukraine."
"Artemenko attracted international attention earlier [in 2017] when it emerged that he personally had handed Cohen a controversial peace plan for Ukraine."
"The New York Times reported that Cohen said he had "hand-delivered" the plan in a sealed envelope to Michael Flynn before Flynn was forced to resign" businessinsider.com/andrey-artemen…
"[Artemenko], who met with Michael Cohen and Felix Sater in New York to discuss a controversial peace plan for Ukraine, "got confirmation" from Sater that his plan was delivered to the White House"
"Topolov was also in charge of a construction company. At least three of the company’s employees have documented ties to the Russian mob, including hitman Leonid Roytman who served as vice president of the company, and whom the FBI has linked to the gang led by Mogilevich."
Michael Cohen once rented Ivanka’s Park Avenue apartment to his former taxi business partner, Evgeny “Gene” Freidman, who was sentenced in 2017 to 28 days in jail for contempt of court. Freidman is set to go on trial in May for tax evasion. pagesix.com/2018/04/15/mic…
Watergate 2.0: Trump opposes allowing the government to review materials seized in SDNY search of Michael Cohen properties.
In addition to Donald Trump and Elliot Broidy, Michael Cohen has a third client who has asked not to be named publically.
documentcloud.org/documents/4438…
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The US Attorney in Cohen's hearing argued that Cohen's 4th Amendment argument was frivolous, because the search warrant was executed properly.
Judge wants to know the legal grounds for keeping the third, public figure, client of Cohen secret. Cohen's attorney said they just want to protect his privacy. (Oh, well! Public interest)
Judge ruled it must be released.
Cohen's secret client's name is Sean Hannity. @seanhannity
The hearing also revealed that investigators had a secret warrant for Cohen's emails.
"Cohen in 2013 got Us Weekly magazine to pull a story about a relationship Donald Trump Jr. allegedly had with "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Aubrey O’Day. Trump Jr. announced in March that he was separating from his wife of 12 years, Vanessa Trump."
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“It’s not that you’re not good people,” Wood told Cohen’s attorneys on Monday afternoon, near the end of the two-hour proceeding. “It’s that you’ve miscited the law.” thedailybeast.com/judge-hands-de…
"Cohen kept recordings of his conversations, and legal mistakes like this are the sort of risk you run when you scour America’s worst law schools for talent."
Michael Cohen and the Busting of the Trump Crime Family
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Michael Cohen and the Busting of the Trump Crime Family
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Mueller: ‘Many’ news stories on Trump-Russia probe are wrong. the warning came after media inquiries about a McClatchy News story on Friday that said Mueller has evidence that Michael Cohen, did travel to Prague in 2016 as alleged by the Steele dossier.
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Mueller spokesman, Peter Carr:
“If another outlet reports something, don’t run with it unless you have your own sourcing to back it up."
The McClatchy article was highly cited without any additional sources.
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“If another outlet reports something, don’t run with it unless you have your own sourcing to back it up."
The McClatchy article was highly cited without any additional sources.
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Cohen’s uncle, Morton Levine, owned and ran a Brooklyn social club, El Caribe, which was a well-known meeting spot for members of Italian and Russian organized crime families in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Over the past 8 months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 taxicabs, including 22 owned by Cohen.
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"Shtayner and her husband Semyon Shtayner — Chicago Medallion Management’s corporate secretary — were identified in a warrant the FBI used to raid Cohen’s law office and home, looking for documents relating to his business interests"
Cohen drops libel suits against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
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Alan Futerfas, a lawyer hired by Trump Jr. and Trump Organization, joins Cohen's legal team. In 1997, Futerfas successfully represented clients accused of participating in a brutal power struggle within the Colombo crime family that left 10 people dead. documentcloud.org/documents/4442…
The victories helped establish Futerfas as a sought-after defense lawyer for accused mobsters. washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
.@DavidCornDC: "Michael Cohen Says He’s “Never” Been to Prague. He Told Me a Different Story."
An alleged meeting in the city between Trump’s lawyer and Russian officials is an ongoing mystery. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
An alleged meeting in the city between Trump’s lawyer and Russian officials is an ongoing mystery. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Judge Wood to make a decision on special master on May 24th. documentcloud.org/documents/4443…
