Michael Cohen meets with prosecutors looking into Trump's business, family charity
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Michael Cohen on Wednesday met with federal and state prosecutors looking into President Trump’s business and family charity, according to a new report.
Cohen — Trump’s former personal attorney and self-proclaimed fixer — met with officials from the Manhattan US Attorney’s office and the state Attorney General’s office at his lawyer’s Midtown office, CNN reports , citing “people familiar with the meeting.”
It wasn’t immediately clear what the gathering was about, but both offices are probing Trump’s business dealings.
Cohen cut a plea deal with the feds in August, copping to tax evasion and campaign-finance violations — and claiming that he and Trump paid two women hush money “for the purpose of influencing the election.”
Federal prosecutors are still investigating matters related to his case — including potential campaign finance violations by others in the Trump Organization, according to CNN.
Meanwhile, State AG Barbara Underwood has a civil lawsuit against Trump and three of his children over the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing them of using it as “little more than a checkbook” to pay off his creditors and help his presidential campaign.
Trump has vehemently denied all allegations against him, calling the state suit “ridiculous” and recently claiming Cohen was just a PR flack who was lying about the hush money.
“He represented me very little. It’s a very low level. And what he was is also a public relations person,” Trump told the Associated Press on Tuesday .
Meanwhile, Cohen has also been voluntarily speaking with investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the presidential election, ahead of his sentencing on Dec. 12.
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