cohen s office and his e-mail and his phone and his safe-deposit box means they are in the heart of donald trump s heart. which could explain why the president was acting as if he was wounded. they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, good man. and it s a disgraceful situation. it s a total witch hunt. it s, frankly, a real disgrace. it s an attack on our country in a true sense. the warrant had president trump s name on it. according to sources familiar with the matter, it s the first known direct mention of the president in a warrant. it also referenced an investigation into wire fraud, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations. a source says some of the documents seized have to do with the porn star stormy daniels. cnn has learned they were looking for information related to a payment cohen made to the
said something that s not accurate. breaking news, trump s lawyer raided. armed with multiple search warrants. the fbi now has access to every e-mail, every communication. how big of a deal is it? it s a huge deal. what were they searching for? they re looking for evidence of hush payments to women. is it a pattern of pay offs to protect a billionaire? the side deal was i ll wish-wash the story. any federal violation of campaign finance laws that s done knowingly and willfully is a crime. i m not worried. michael cohen has just disclosed in court that the client who had requested to remain unnamed was shawn hannity. controversy rains down on president trump s self-proclaimed fixer. stormy daniels is arriving at the federal courthouse. michael cohen is the common
mr. trump? the criminal justice system is full of people who begin with tremendous bravado. i ll never flip, i ll protect my friends. but the prospect of years in prison focuses the mind in a way that bravado doesn t. the president s tweeting seemed to reflect that concern. he bashed maggie haberman of the new york times who reported that mr. trump had verbally abused cohen for years, and the president s lawyers are concerned the behavior could lead to cohen flipping. the new york times and a third rate reporter named maggie haberman, who i don t speak to and have nothing to do with are going out of their way to destroy michael cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will flip. she has covered trump for years. i think that it was very hard for him to read that it is possible that michael cohen could flip and it is possible
cohen claims some of the material taken was covered by attorney-client privilege and was asking to review it before the feds. it s a hearing that went from circus to shocking. no, i m looking at your face. mine s the same. what the heck happened? what happened was lawyers for cohen had just told the court that fox news host shawn hannity was a cohen client. meaning some of the communication between the two could be privileged. michael cohen s attorneys tried every which way not to release this name. and the judge said, no, i m ordering you to release the name and he stood up and he said the name shawn hannity. when they said shawn hannity it was name in the courtroom, there was a gasp. and i gasped, too, not because i thought it was illegal. because it s certainly not. but it s just so weird. how are you, mr. president?
based on what mr. trump told fox & friends, there may not be that much for him to look at. mr. president, how much of your legal work was handled by michael cohen? a percentage of my overall legal work, a tiny, tiny little fraction. but michael would represent me and represent me on some things. he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. the judge appointed the special master to review the seized material with the hope of speeding up the review process. the review of the proceeds of the search could slow things down for a few weeks, but it s important to remember the government is going to get the vast majority of this stuff. the stuff was scooped up on monday, april 9th, at the iconic 30 rock building in midtown manhattan where cohen had an office, and at a posh park avenue hotel where cohen was staying. they stuck their foot in the door so he couldn t close it.