Big reveal on Cohen is set for today
The search warrant that resulted in a raid on Michael Cohen’s law office and residence in New York last year will be published Tuesday, possibly shedding light on the early stages of the investigation into President Trump’s former fixer.
Manhattan Federal Judge William Pauley ordered prosecutors to release the warrant and accompanying documents in response to a request from news organizations.
The government had opposed releasing the documents related to the April 9, 2018, raid, arguing it could jeopardize “ongoing investigations.”
The feds’ investigation ultimately led to Cohen pleading guilty to his role in arranging hush money payments during the 2016 presidential campaign to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom claim to have had affairs with Trump.
Cohen (photo) also pleaded guilty to tax evasion and lying to Congress.
The former lawyer, 52, is due to begin serving a threeyear prison sentence May 6 for the “veritable smorgasbord” of crimes he committed, as a Manhattan federal judge put it at his sentencing in December.
Cohen, who obtained his law license in 1992, was disbarred last month due to his criminal record.
In his guilty plea in November, Cohen said he lied to Congress about a Trump Tower development in Moscow during the campaign out of a flawed sense of “loyalty” to Trump.
Cohen supports the release of the affidavits, his publicist said in a statement late Monday. Making the documents public “furthers his interest in continuing to cooperate and providing information and the truth about Donald Trump and the Trump Organization to law enforcement and Congress,” the statement said.