services to ford motor company in january of 2017 but was quickly rebuffed. the journal reports that special counsel robert mueller has taken an interest in cohen's pretty much. mr. mueller's team has requested information from ford about the outreach including emails and records and has interviewed ford's head of government affairs. people familiar with the mattered said. and the daily beast is reporting that at&t met with another group of the president's allies around the time it hired michael cohen. the company spoke with the washington lobbying firm avenue strategies in early 2017 which was cofounded and staffed by trump campaign veterans and marketed its insight into and favor with the trump white house. at&t confirmed on friday. ave was off the top of my headed bid corey lewandowski and barry bennett a senior adviser on the campaign. one source familiar says the they discussed a political appropriating that would not entail official lobbies and cost the company in the range of