Attorneys of Trump’s personal lawyer to quit

The legal team for Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is expected to stop representing him in the criminal investigation into his business dealings, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Cohen’s lawyers Stephen Ryan and Todd Harrison of McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, a Washington and New York firm, have been representing Cohen and are facing a Friday deadline to complete a review of documents seized by federal prosecutors in an April raid on Cohen’s home and office.

Cohen will hire other counsel once the review is complete, the source said. Cohen wants to hire a lawyer who has a relationship with the US prosecutor’s office in Manhattan, the source added. The criminal probe into Cohen’s business dealings stems in part from a referral by special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to influence the U.S. presidential election.

Trump has repeatedly said there was no collusion, and Russia has denied interference. Cohen has not been criminally charged.

ROUGHLY 3.7 MILLION FILES WERE SEIZED FROM COHEN AND ARE BEING REVIEWED TO DETERMINE WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO ATTORNEYCLIENT PRIVILEGE.