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As of April 2018, Cohen was under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and violations of campaign finance law, according to media reports.<ref name=WaPoInvest/>
As of April 2018, Cohen was under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and violations of campaign finance law, according to media reports.<ref name=WaPoInvest/>


On April 9, 2018, the [[FBI]] raided Cohen's office at the law firm of [[Squire Patton Boggs]], his home, and his hotel room in the Loews Regency Hotel in New York City, pursuant to a federal [[search warrant]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strobel |first1=Warren |last2=Walcott |first2=John |title=FBI raids offices, home of Trump's personal lawyer: sources |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen-raid/fbi-raids-offices-home-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-sources-idUSKBN1HG336 |website=Reuters |accessdate=April 10, 2018 |date=April 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/michael-cohen-fbi/index.html]</ref> The warrant was obtained
On April 9, 2018, the [[FBI]] raided Cohen's office at the law firm of [[Squire Patton Boggs]], his home, and his hotel room in the Loews Regency Hotel in New York City, pursuant to a federal [[search warrant]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strobel |first1=Warren |last2=Walcott |first2=John |title=FBI raids offices, home of Trump's personal lawyer: sources |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen-raid/fbi-raids-offices-home-of-trumps-personal-lawyer-sources-idUSKBN1HG336 |website=Reuters |accessdate=April 10, 2018 |date=April 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/michael-cohen-fbi/index.html]</ref> The warrant was obtained by the [[U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York]], whose [[public corruption]] unit is conducting an investigation.<ref name="ShearRecords" /> Seeking the warrant required high-level approval from the Department of Justice.<ref name="nytimes2018" /> The Interim U.S. Attorney, [[Geoffrey Berman]], was recused.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-attorney-trump-appointee-recused-michael-cohen-investigation/story?id=54365546 |title=Trump-appointed US attorney recused from Michael Cohen investigation |date=April 10, 2018 |publisher=ABC News |language=en|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] and FBI Director [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]] &ndash; both of whom are Trump appointees &ndash; had supervisory roles.<ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-justice-department-raid-on-trump-lawyer-2018-4]</ref> The FBI obtained the warrant after a referral from [[Robert Mueller]]'s [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|Special Counsel investigation]] into [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]], although underlying reasons for the raid were not revealed.<ref name="nytimes2018" /><ref>{{cite news |first1=Erica |last1=Orden |first2=Rebecca |last2=Ballhaus |first3=Michael |last3=Rothfeld |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-raids-trump-lawyers-office-1523306297 |title=Agents Raid Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen in Connection With Stormy Daniels Payments |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 9, 2018 |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>

by the [[U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York]], whose [[public corruption]] unit is conducting an investigation.<ref name="ShearRecords" /> Seeking the warrant required high-level approval from the Department of Justice.<ref name="nytimes2018" /> The Interim U.S. Attorney, [[Geoffrey Berman]], was recused.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-attorney-trump-appointee-recused-michael-cohen-investigation/story?id=54365546 |title=Trump-appointed US attorney recused from Michael Cohen investigation |date=April 10, 2018 |publisher=ABC News |language=en|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] and FBI Director [[Christopher A. Wray|Christopher Wray]] &ndash; both of whom are Trump appointees &ndash; had supervisory roles.<ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-justice-department-raid-on-trump-lawyer-2018-4]</ref> The FBI obtained the warrant after a referral from [[Robert Mueller]]'s [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|Special Counsel investigation]] into [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]], although underlying reasons for the raid were not revealed.<ref name="nytimes2018" /><ref>{{cite news |first1=Erica |last1=Orden |first2=Rebecca |last2=Ballhaus |first3=Michael |last3=Rothfeld |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-raids-trump-lawyers-office-1523306297 |title=Agents Raid Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen in Connection With Stormy Daniels Payments |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 9, 2018 |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>


Agents seized emails, tax records, business records, and other matter related to several topics, including payments made by Cohen to [[Stormy Daniels]],<ref name="nytimes2018"/> and records related to [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Trump's ''Access Hollywood'' controversy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Apuzzo |first2=Matt |last3=Schmidt |first3=Michael S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump-access-hollywood.html |title=Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape |date=April 11, 2018 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Recordings of phone conversations Cohen made were also obtained.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/fbi-phone-recordings-cohen-daniels-mcdougal/index.html |title=Exclusive: FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer |date=13 April 2018 |work=Lawfare|access-date=14 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref> According to Stormy Daniels’ attorney [[Michael Avenatti]] and civil rights attorney [[Lisa Bloom]], some of the recordings may have included participants located in California, which would make the recordings illegal, as California is a “[[Telephone recording laws#Two-party_consent_states|two party]]” state.<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1f4-vZby88&feature=youtu.be&t=1m19s | date=14 April 2018 | people=[[Joy-Ann Reid]] (interviewer), [[Michael Avenatti]] & [[Lisa Bloom]] (interviewees) |title=Avenatti| publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref>
Agents seized emails, tax records, business records, and other matter related to several topics, including payments made by Cohen to [[Stormy Daniels]],<ref name="nytimes2018"/> and records related to [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Trump's ''Access Hollywood'' controversy]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Apuzzo |first2=Matt |last3=Schmidt |first3=Michael S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump-access-hollywood.html |title=Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape |date=April 11, 2018 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref> Recordings of phone conversations Cohen made were also obtained.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/fbi-phone-recordings-cohen-daniels-mcdougal/index.html |title=Exclusive: FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer |date=13 April 2018 |work=Lawfare|access-date=14 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref> According to Stormy Daniels’ attorney [[Michael Avenatti]] and civil rights attorney [[Lisa Bloom]], some of the recordings may have included participants located in California, which would make the recordings illegal, as California is a “[[Telephone recording laws#Two-party_consent_states|two party]]” state.<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1f4-vZby88&feature=youtu.be&t=1m19s | date=14 April 2018 | people=[[Joy-Ann Reid]] (interviewer), [[Michael Avenatti]] & [[Lisa Bloom]] (interviewees) |title=Avenatti| publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref>

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This article is about the lawyer of Donald Trump. For the healthcare lawyer, see Michael H. Cohen.
Michael Cohen
Born
Michael Dean Cohen

(1966-08-25) August 25, 1966 (age 58)
Long Island, New York
EducationAmerican University (BA)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD)
OccupationPersonal lawyer for Donald Trump
Political partyDemocratic (Before 2002; 2004–2017)
Republican (2002–2004; 2017–present)

Michael Dean Cohen (born August 25, 1966) is an American attorney who works as a lawyer and spokesperson for U.S. President Donald Trump.[1][2] Prior to this appointment, he was Executive Vice-President of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Trump.[3] Cohen also previously served as co-president of Trump Entertainment and a member of the board of the Eric Trump Foundation, a children's health charity.[4] He joined the Trump Organization after having been a partner at Phillips Nizer.[4] As of April 2018, he is under investigation by federal prosecutors into multiple matters, including bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, relating in part to payments made to Stormy Daniels.[2][5]

Early life and education

Cohen grew up on Long Island.[4] His mother was a nurse, and his father, who survived the Holocaust,[4] was a surgeon.[6] He received his B.A. from American University in 1988 and his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1991,[7] a then-autonomous institution that later became the law school of Western Michigan University.[1] He is Jewish.[8]

Career

Cohen began practicing personal injury law in New York in 1992.[9] As of 2003, Cohen was an attorney in private practice and CEO of MLA Cruises, Inc., and of the Atlantic Casino.[10] In 2003, when Cohen was a candidate for New York City Council, he provided a biography to the New York City Campaign Finance Board for inclusion in its voters' guide, listing him as co-owner of Taxi Funding Corp. and a fleet of New York City taxicabs numbering over 200.[10][11][12] At the time, Cohen was business partners in the taxi business with Simon Garber.[12]

As of 2017, Cohen was estimated to own at least 34 taxi medallions through 17 limited liability companies (LLCs).[12] Until April 2017, "taxi king" Evgeny Freidman managed the medallions still held by Cohen; this arrangement ended after the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission decided not to renew Freidman's licenses.[12] Between April and June 2017, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance filed seven tax warrants against Cohen and his wife for $37,434 in unpaid taxi taxes due to the MTA.[13]

In 2006, Cohen was a lawyer at the law firm Phillips Nizer LLP.[14] He worked at the firm for about a year before taking a job at The Trump Organization.[9]

While at the company, Cohen became a close confidant to Donald Trump, maintaining an office near Trump at Trump Tower. Cohen aided Trump in his struggle with the condominium board at the Trump World Tower, which led to Trump successfully obtaining control of the board.[9]

Cohen has been involved in real estate ventures in Manhattan; between 2011 to 2014, Cohen purchased and sold four Manhattan apartment buildings in Manhattan for $11 million and sold them for $32 million.[9][15] Cohen sold the four properties at above their assessed values, in all-cash transactions, to LLCs owned by persons whose identities are not public.[16] After this was reported by McClatchy DC in October 2017, Cohen said that all four properties were purchased by an American-owned "New York real estate family fund" that paid cash for the properties in order to obtain a tax deferred (Section 1031) exchange, but did not specifically identify the buyer.[15]

In 2015, Cohen purchased an Upper East Side apartment building for $58 million.[9]

Politics

Cohen volunteered for the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis,[4] was an intern for Congressman Joe Moakley,[6] and voted for Barack Obama in 2008, though he later became disappointed with Obama.[4]

In 2003 he unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for the New York City Council from the Fourth Council District (a Manhattan district).[17] Cohen received 4,205 votes, and was defeated by Democratic candidate Eva S. Moskowitz, who received 13,745 votes.[18] In 2010, Cohen briefly campaigned for a seat in the New York State Senate.[1][6] He was a registered Democrat until he officially registered as a Republican on March 9, 2017.[19][20]

Trump advisor

While an executive at the Trump Organization, Cohen was known as Trump's "pit bull." In late 2011, when Trump was publicly speculating about running for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, Cohen co-founded the website "Should Trump Run?" to draft Trump into entering the race.[6]

A video of an interview of Cohen by CNN's Brianna Keilar went viral, in which Cohen said "Says who?" several times in response to Keilar's statement that Trump was behind in all of the polls.[21][22]

Cohen defended Trump against charges of antisemitism.[8]

In an interview with ABC News in 2011, Cohen stated: "If somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn't like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump's benefit. If you do something wrong, I'm going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I'm not going to let you go until I'm finished."[23]

In 2015, in response to an inquiry by reporter Tim Mak of the Daily Beast concerning rape allegations by Ivana Trump about her then-husband Donald Trump (later recanted), Cohen said: "I'm warning you, tread very f---ing lightly, because what I'm going to do to you is going to be f---ing disgusting."[24]

The Donald Trump–Russia dossier that was published in January 2017 stated Cohen had met with Russian officials in Prague in 2016; Cohen denied this.[25]

In late January 2017, Cohen met with Ukrainian opposition politician Andrey Artemenko and Felix Sater at the Loews Regency in Manhattan to discuss a plan to lift sanctions against Russia. The proposed plan would require that Russian forces withdraw from eastern Ukraine and that Ukraine hold a referendum on whether Crimea should be "leased" to Russia for 50 or 100 years. Cohen was given a written proposal in a sealed envelope that he delivered to then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in early February.[26]

On April 3, 2017, Cohen was appointed a National Deputy Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee.[27][28] In April 2017, Cohen also formed an alliance with Squire Patton Boggs for legal and lobbying counsel on behalf of Trump.[29]

In May 2017, amidst expanding inquiries into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, two congressional panels asked Cohen to provide information about any communications he had with people connected to the Russian government.[30][31][9][32][33] He was also a subject of the Mueller investigation in 2018.[34] [35][36]

He was a co-founder, along with Darrell C. Scott, of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump.[37]

Payment to Stormy Daniels

Main article: Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal

A January 2018 Wall Street Journal article reported that in October 2016, Cohen used Essential Consultants LLC to pay adult film actress Stormy Daniels regarding an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006.[38][39] Cohen told The New York Times in February 2018 that the $130,000 was paid to Daniels from his own pocket, that it was not a campaign contribution, and that he was not reimbursed for making it by either the Trump Organization or the Trump campaign.[40] The Washington Post later noted that, by stating that he used his own money to "facilitate" the payment, Cohen was not ruling out the possibility that Trump, as an individual, reimbursed Cohen for the payment.[41] NBC News reported that Cohen initiated a private arbitration case against Daniels on February 27, 2018, and obtained a restraining order that states Daniels will face penalties if she discusses in public her alleged relationship with Trump.[42]

On March 5, the Wall Street Journal cited anonymous sources recounting Cohen as saying he missed two deadlines to pay Daniels because Cohen "couldn't reach Mr. Trump in the hectic final days of the presidential campaign", and that after Trump's election, Cohen had complained that he had not been reimbursed for the payment. Cohen described this report as "fake news".[43]

On March 9, NBC News reported that Cohen had used his Trump Organization email to negotiate with Daniels regarding her nondisclosure agreement, and that Cohen had used the same Trump Organization email to arrange for a transfer for funds which would eventually lead to Daniels' payment.[44] In response, Cohen acknowledged that he had transferred funds from his home equity line of credit to the LLC and from the LLC to Daniels' attorney.[45]

On March 26, David Schwarz, a lawyer for Cohen, told ABC's Good Morning America that Daniels was lying in the 60 Minutes interview. Cohen's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter claiming Daniels' statements constituted "libel per se and intentional infliction of emotional distress" to Cohen.[46]

Broader investigation

Cohen v US - Govt Opposition to TRO Request

As of April 2018, Cohen was under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and violations of campaign finance law, according to media reports.[5]

On April 9, 2018, the FBI raided Cohen's office at the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs, his home, and his hotel room in the Loews Regency Hotel in New York City, pursuant to a federal search warrant.[47][48] The warrant was obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, whose public corruption unit is conducting an investigation.[11] Seeking the warrant required high-level approval from the Department of Justice.[2] The Interim U.S. Attorney, Geoffrey Berman, was recused.[49] Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray – both of whom are Trump appointees – had supervisory roles.[50] The FBI obtained the warrant after a referral from Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, although underlying reasons for the raid were not revealed.[2][51]

Agents seized emails, tax records, business records, and other matter related to several topics, including payments made by Cohen to Stormy Daniels,[2] and records related to Trump's Access Hollywood controversy.[52] Recordings of phone conversations Cohen made were also obtained.[53] According to Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti and civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom, some of the recordings may have included participants located in California, which would make the recordings illegal, as California is a “two party” state.[54]

The search included the seizure of materials normally protected by attorney-client privilege, which is subject to a crime-fraud exception if a crime is suspected.[55] However, some legal scholars opined that Trump's denial that he had knowledge of the Daniels payment, combined with denials by Cohen and his lawyer David Schwartz, meant both sides had effectively said the matter did not involve attorney-client communications.[56] The search warrant itself has been sealed, making it unavailable to the public.[57] The FBI also sought documents pertaining to Cohen's ownership of taxi medallions.[11][58] Cohen's taxi fleet is operated by Gene Freidman, who is facing legal trouble for alleged tax evasion.[59]

Following the raid, Squire Patton Boggs ended its formal working relationship with Cohen.[60]

Personal life

Cohen is married to Ukraine-born Laura Cohen.[9] Before joining the Trump Organization, Cohen had purchased several homes in Trump's buildings.[6]

A 2017 New York Times article reported that Cohen is known for having "a penchant for luxury"; he was married at the Pierre, drove a Porsche while attending college, and at one point, owned a Bentley.[9]

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