On Monday, federal agents raided the home and business of Trump's "Personal attorney" Michael Cohen, who in fact is much more than a lawyer.
In response, Trump called the raid "An attack on our country" and "a disgrace." In private, The Washington Post reported, he "Stewed all afternoon about the warrant to seize Cohen's records, at times raising his voice".
Trump's position on the Russia scandal, repeated endlessly, has been "No collusion, no collusion." The Cohen raid shows that Mueller's investigation has moved far beyond the question of to what extent the Trump campaign did or did not collude with Russia in 2016.
Michael Cohen is much more than Trump's "Personal attorney." Trump has plenty of lawyers who'll respond to lawsuits or file papers for him.
"Michael Cohen is the most important non-Trump in the Trump business world. He oversaw nearly all the foreign deals as the Trump Org shifted its focus to sketchy third-tier overseas oligarchs," noted journalist Adam Davidson, who has reported on some of those foreign deals.
Cohen is one of the key links between Trump and Russia.
Any privileged communication between Cohen and Trump that the search produces will be turned over to what is sometimes called a "Taint team" or a "Clean team," Justice Department officials who will determine if it should stay privileged or if it falls under the "Crime-fraud exception," which would mean Trump and Cohen cooperated to commit some kind of crime.
http://theweek.com/articles/766415/cohen-raid-isnt-just-bad-trump-outright-disaster
In response, Trump called the raid "An attack on our country" and "a disgrace." In private, The Washington Post reported, he "Stewed all afternoon about the warrant to seize Cohen's records, at times raising his voice".
Trump's position on the Russia scandal, repeated endlessly, has been "No collusion, no collusion." The Cohen raid shows that Mueller's investigation has moved far beyond the question of to what extent the Trump campaign did or did not collude with Russia in 2016.
Michael Cohen is much more than Trump's "Personal attorney." Trump has plenty of lawyers who'll respond to lawsuits or file papers for him.
"Michael Cohen is the most important non-Trump in the Trump business world. He oversaw nearly all the foreign deals as the Trump Org shifted its focus to sketchy third-tier overseas oligarchs," noted journalist Adam Davidson, who has reported on some of those foreign deals.
Cohen is one of the key links between Trump and Russia.
Any privileged communication between Cohen and Trump that the search produces will be turned over to what is sometimes called a "Taint team" or a "Clean team," Justice Department officials who will determine if it should stay privileged or if it falls under the "Crime-fraud exception," which would mean Trump and Cohen cooperated to commit some kind of crime.
http://theweek.com/articles/766415/cohen-raid-isnt-just-bad-trump-outright-disaster
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