President Trump’s ex-private lawyer seeks cooperation credit

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s ex-personal lawyer told a judge Friday that he’s the victim of a continuing campaign of “character assassination” by prosecutors who oppose his time behind bars being trimmed from three years to one. Michael Cohen said in a court document filed in Manhattan federal court that federal prosecutors are... Read More

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Michael Cohen

July 18, 2019

Judge: Michael Cohen campaign finance probe over

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have told a judge in New York they have concluded their investigation into campaign finance crimes committed by President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. The closure of the case is the strongest suggestion yet that federal prosecutors have decided not to bring criminal charges against anyone besides Cohen... Read More

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Michael Cohen

May 6, 2019

Prosecutors refuse final meeting with Cohen as prison looms

WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen tried — but failed — to position himself as a whistleblower in the vein of Watergate hero John Dean. As the time ticked down toward his deadline to report to prison, Cohen also lost the interest of the one group of people who... Read More

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Michael Cohen

April 25, 2019

Cohen says he pleaded guilty to crimes he didn’t commit

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s prison-bound former lawyer told actor Tom Arnold last month that he pleaded guilty to some crimes he didn’t commit so his wife wouldn’t “get dragged into the mud of this crap.” Michael Cohen told Arnold “they had me on campaign finance” for arranging hush-money payments to two women... Read More

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Michael Cohen

April 9, 2019

Michael Cohen’s usefulness to prosecutors may be at an end

NEW YORK (AP) — When FBI agents raided Michael Cohen’s home and office a year ago Tuesday, some pundits declared it the beginning of the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. It was only a matter of time, they speculated, before Cohen gave investigators a roadmap to Trump’s supposed misdeeds. Cohen stoked those flames as recently... Read More

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Michael Cohen

March 20, 2019

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, in the early stages of his Russia probe. The heavily blacked-out records, released by a judge at the request of news organizations,... Read More

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Michael Cohen

March 19, 2019

Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI was investigating President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer for nearly a year before agents raided his home and office, documents released Tuesday show. The search warrant, while heavily redacted, offered new details about the federal inquiry of Cohen’s business dealings and the FBI raids of his Manhattan... Read More

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Michael Cohen

March 11, 2019

Trump says Michael Cohen lied about not requesting a pardon

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday that he rejected a personal appeal from his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a pardon, the strongest assertion yet that Cohen may have lied under oath. Trump tweeted his claim after days of swirling questions about Cohen over the issue of pardons. It has emerged as a... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

March 8, 2019

Cohen sues Trump Organization, wants it to pay legal bills

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover the cost of his defense. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York state court, claims the Trump Organization stopped paying... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

March 1, 2019

Cohen signals closer cooperation in bid to stem prison term

NEW YORK (AP) — With prison looming, Michael Cohen now says he’s in “constant contact” with federal prosecutors in New York, providing them with information in an attempt to get his sentence reduced. That would be a big turnaround from three months ago, when prosecutors told a judge that President Donald Trump’s estranged ex-lawyer deserved... Read More

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Michael Cohen

February 28, 2019

‘Racist’ labeling of Trump fuels tense moments in Congress

NEW YORK (AP) — From the start of Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s views on race took center stage. Trump’s former attorney did not mince words, flat out calling his former boss “a racist” who believed “black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid.” “Mr. Trump is a... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

February 28, 2019

‘Racist,’ ‘con man’: Cohen assails Trump before Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer on Wednesday cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex, and who lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his business interests in Russia. Michael Cohen, who... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

February 27, 2019

Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump beforehand

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer is planning to tell a House committee that Trump knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and that Trump is a “racist,” a “conman” and a “cheat.” Michael Cohen suggests in prepared testimony obtained by The Associated Press that... Read More

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Donald Trump, Michael Cohen

February 21, 2019

After surgery, Michael Cohen’s prison date postponed to May

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was granted a few more weeks of freedom Wednesday after his lawyers said he’s still recovering from surgery and hasn’t had time to get his affairs in order because he’s preparing to testify before Congress next week. U.S. District Judge William H.... Read More

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Michael Cohen

President Trump’s ex-private lawyer seeks cooperation credit

Judge: Michael Cohen campaign finance probe over

Prosecutors refuse final meeting with Cohen as prison looms

Cohen says he pleaded guilty to crimes he didn’t commit

Michael Cohen’s usefulness to prosecutors may be at an end

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on

Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

Trump says Michael Cohen lied about not requesting a pardon

Cohen sues Trump Organization, wants it to pay legal bills

Cohen signals closer cooperation in bid to stem prison term

‘Racist’ labeling of Trump fuels tense moments in Congress

‘Racist,’ ‘con man’: Cohen assails Trump before Congress

Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump beforehand

After surgery, Michael Cohen’s prison date postponed to May

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