Documents show that the FBI was initially interested in Cohen’s taxi business and schemes to hide his $22 million debt
NEW YORK — Special counsel Robert Mueller began investigating U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for fraud in his personal business dealings and for potentially acting as an unregistered foreign agent at least nine months before FBI agents in New York raided his home and office, according to documents released Tuesday.
Prosecutors were also interested in money that was flowing into Cohen’s bank accounts from consulting contracts he’d signed after Trump won office. Some of those payments were from companies with strong foreign ties, including a Korean aerospace company and Columbus Nova, an investment management firm affiliated with Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.
Both Cohen and Trump cried foul over the raids, with Cohen’s attorney at the time calling them “completely inappropriate and unnecessary” and the president taking to Twitter to declare that “Attorney-client privilege is dead!”Tuesday’s release of the search warrant came nearly six weeks after U.S. District Judge William H.
The judge acknowledged prosecutors’ concerns that a wholesale release of the document “would jeopardize an ongoing investigation and prejudice the privacy rights of uncharged third parties,” a ruling that revealed prosecutors are still investigating the campaign-finance violations.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Documents show FBI was investigating Michael Cohen long before raids on home, officeThe search warrant, while heavily redacted, shows the federal inquiry into Cohen had been going on since July 2017 – far longer than had previously been known
Read more »
FBI was investigating Trump's ex-fixer Michael Cohen long before raid, records showInquiry into Michael Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than had previously been known
Read more »
U.S. Democrats ask FBI to investigate massage parlour proprietor linked to TrumpNancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer released a letter asking investigators to look into ‘public reports about alleged activities by Ms. Li ‘Cindy’ Yang and her apparent relationship with the president’
Read more »
Canadian Financier Allegedly Set Off U.S. College Admissions ScandalHe tipped off the FBI 'hoping for leniency' in his own securities fraud case, the WSJ reports.
Read more »
Documents show FBI was investigating Michael Cohen long before raids on home, officeThe search warrant, while heavily redacted, shows the federal inquiry into Cohen had been going on since July 2017 – far longer than had previously been known
Read more »
FBI was investigating Trump's ex-fixer Michael Cohen long before raid, records showInquiry into Michael Cohen had been going on since July 2017 — far longer than had previously been known
Read more »