Apr 09, 2018 · That DOJ officials approved the raid suggests that the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan had an extremely good reason to search Cohen’s workplace. This is the first public indication that Cohen...
Apr 09, 2018 · The FBI raided the office of President Donald Trump ’s personal attorney Michael Cohen on Monday. The New York Times reported that investigators are examining records related to a payment Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, in addition to other unspecified topics. Advertisement.
Mar 06, 2019 · Origin. A popular meme in March 2019 questioned why Bill Clinton had “paid Paula Jones $850K to go away” yet the FBI hadn’t raided his lawyer’s office. The meme was an …
A double standard was at play in the FBI's raid of the office of Donald Trump's lawyer but not Bill Clinton's.
On 6 May 1994, Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton just days before the statute of limitations would have expired.
Porn actress Daniels (the stage name of Stephanie Clifford) said she first met Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Nevada in July 2006. The two engaged in sex in Trump’s hotel room, she claimed, and continued an “intimate relationship” into the following year.
All in all, events proved the FBI had good reason to raid Cohen’s office, as they gathered evidence of multiple federal crimes (beyond just campaign finance violations) to which Cohen pleaded guilty.
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumps personal lawyer walks down Park Avenue in New York June 15, 2018 after leaving his hotel. - President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has indicated that he is willing to cooperate with federal investigators to alleviate the pressure on himself and his family.
Michael Cohen -- Trump's loyal fixer. A person briefed on the search told the Times that the FBI also seized emails, tax documents and business records, including communications between Trump and Cohen. The White House official said it is unclear if Trump has spoken to Cohen.
The FBI just raided Michael Cohen's office. Here's what he still hasn't told us about the Stormy Daniels payment. Ryan’s statement called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary,” and said federal prosecutors had told him it stemmed partially from a referral by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Two Ukrainian-born men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who helped Giuliani in those efforts were arrested in October 2019 and charged with illegally funneling large donations to a pro-Trump fundraising committee. - Legal thuggery' -.
The impeachment investigation into Trump revealed extensive involvement by Giuliani in Ukrainian affairs. He appeared to take part in a push by powerful Ukrainian business and political figures to have Trump remove the US ambassador, Masha Yovanovitch.
Federal investigators raided the New York apartment of former US president Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani early Wednesday as part of a probe into his dealings in Ukraine. Investigators with search warrants combed Giuliani's residence and a separate office, seizing electronic devices.
Giuliani, himself once a top New York prosecutor and then mayor of the city, was a personal lawyer for Trump when the president was impeached in December 2019 for seeking political help from Ukraine. Giuliani spent months trying to help Trump find dirt in Ukraine on election rival Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter, during 2018-2020.
According to reports, the FBI and the Justice Department's prosecutor in New York had sought search warrants for Giuliani's phones last year, but were denied that while Trump remained in office, until January 20.
Former President Donald Trump was impeached by the United States House of Representatives twice — once in 2019 and again in 2021.
According to The Wall Street Journal , Giuliani has been under investigation since 2019 by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office.
According to The New York Times , federal investigators had been trying to secure a search warrant for Giuliani's electronic devices for months, only to be stalled by Trump's Justice Department. Now that the raid was successful, Giuliani's defenders have rushed out in support of the former mayor.
CBS News reported in 2019 that two of his business associates were indicted on campaign finance violations related to the investigation, but Giuliani has denied any knowledge of the investigation.