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F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen

The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.

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 search does not appear to be directly related to Mr. Mueller’s investigation, but likely resulted from information he had uncovered and gave to prosecutors in New York.

“Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients,” said Stephen Ryan, his lawyer. “I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.”

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The payments to Ms. Clifford are only one of many topics being investigated, according to a person briefed on the search. The F.B.I. also seized emails, tax documents and business records, the person said.

The seized records include communications between Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, which would likely require a special team of agents to review because conversations between lawyers and clients are protected from scrutiny in most instances.

Update: SEARCHED AND SEIZED: F.B.I. RAIDS MICHAEL COHEN’S NEW YORK HOTEL

Law enforcement agents spent several hours at the Loews Regency hotel on Monday morning as they executed a search warrant against the president’s personal lawyer. Cohen’s attorney said they were referred by Robert Mueller.

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[tijd.livejournal.com]

Упомянутый план Артеменко имеет самое прямое отношение к российскому вмешательству.

Когда в феврале 2017 Трамп поместил знаменитый твит про прессу, как "врагов народа", в нехарактерное для него вечернее время, многие стали гадать, какую именно публикацию он имел в виду.

Decoded: one or more of NYT, CNN or NBCNews has a very very damaging story in the pipeline …

— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 17, 2017

Это, как оказалось, была публикация NYT о плане Артеменко.

A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia.
Mr. Flynn is gone, having been caught lying about his own discussion of sanctions with the Russian ambassador. But the proposal, a peace plan for Ukraine and Russia, remains, along with those pushing it: Michael D. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, who delivered the document; Felix H. Sater, a business associate who helped Mr. Trump scout deals in Russia; and a Ukrainian lawmaker trying to rise in a political opposition movement shaped in part by Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html

Упомянутый Феликс Саттер не просто "business associate who helped Mr. Trump scout deals in Russia", а человек, прямым образом связанный с организованной преступностью. Это у них семейное - его отец, Михаил Шеферовский, работал на Семена Могилевича, а позже стал информатором ФБР.

В апреле 2011, когда Трамп заигрывал с выдвижением кандидатом в президенты США на выборах 2012, к Святой Сторми подослали человека с мафиозными угрозами.
https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/1452643.html?thread=50098275#t50098275

I was in a parking lot, going to a fitness class with my infant daughter. T-- taking, you know, the seats facing backwards in the backseat, diaper bag, you know, gettin' all the stuff out. And a guy walked up on me and said to me, "Leave Trump alone. Forget the story." And then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, "That’s a beautiful little girl. It'd be a shame if something happened to her mom." And then he was gone.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/25/transcript-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-interview/457437002/

Остается надеяться, что неизвестный говорил без русского акцента.

Stephanie Clifford @StormyDaniels with Lois Gibson, the foremost forensic artist in the world. #thugsearch #searchforthetruth #basta pic.twitter.com/2NlkKMOZAM

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 8, 2018

Due to the FBI raids of Mr. Cohen’s office/home and a subsequent request we received this morning to delay the release of the forensic sketch of the thug that threatened Ms. Clifford to “leave Trump alone”, we will not be releasing the sketch or reward details today. Timing TBD.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 10, 2018