FBI raids Trump lawyer's office

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Expect a flurry of tweets....

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382341-fbi-raids-trump-lawyers-office

Quote:The FBI has reportedly raided the office of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.


The bureau raided Cohen's office on Monday and seized records related to several topics, including the $130,000 payment he arranged to adult film star Stormy Daniels days before the election, The New York Times reported.


Daniels says the payment was "hush money" intended to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
Cohen's lawyer said the federal prosecutors obtained a search warrant after a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller. 



DEVELOPING

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html

Quote: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.”