FBI agents on Monday raided the office of Michael D. Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress, the New York Times reported.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary,” the Times reported
A person with knowledge of the matter later confirmed to NBC News that search warrants were executed at Cohen’s office.
The search does not appear to be directly related to Mueller’s investigation, but likely resulted from information he had uncovered and gave to prosecutors in New York, the newspaper reported.
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NBC News has reached out to Cohen and his legal counsel.
Source : Nbcnewyork
