Michael Cohen Reportedly Under Investigation for Bank Fraud, Campaign Finance Violations

In light of the FBI’s raid on Michael Cohen‘s Manhattan offices, a new report says that this development is part the ongoing investigations into the Trump lawyer’s possible bank fraud and violations of campaign finance laws.

Earlier today, New York Times confirmed that federal prosecutors were seizing records and privileged communications that concerned Cohen’s relationship with Stormy Daniels. According to Washington Post, these documents will be especially relevant to the questions into whether Cohen broke the law by paying the porn star hush money to keep quiet about her old liaison with the president.

From the report:

The raid is related to an investigation referred by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to federal prosecutors in New York, according to Stephen Ryan, an attorney for Cohen.

Ryan called the tactics “inappropriate and unnecessary,” saying Cohen has “cooperated completely with all government entities, including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the Congress and sitting for depositions under oath.”

Among the records seized by investigators were “protected attorney client communications,” according to Ryan.

Cohen has previously acknowledged to paying Daniels $130,000 so she wouldn’t tell her story before the 2016 election. Daniels is currently suing President Trump and Cohen for defamation, all while saying that her NDA with the mogul’s team is null and void since Trump never signed it.

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