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The FBI on Monday raided the New York City office and residence of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, seeking evidence related to the payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.
The Washington Post, citing a source familiar with the case, reported that Cohen is being investigated for crimes possibly related to bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
The raids came after federal prosecutors in New York City obtained a search warrant following a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, Cohen's lawyer said.
At a White House event Monday evening, Trump slammed the raid on Cohen's office as a "disgraceful situation."
"It's a total witch hunt," Trump added before tearing into the entire special counsel investigation, his own attorney general and what he described as a lack of focus on former presidential opponent Hillary Clinton.
Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and related issues, including possible collusion by officials in the Trump campaign with Russians.
NBC News reported that one raid occurred at a law office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, located in midtown Manhattan. FBI agents also raided a room at the Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan, where Cohen has been staying, and executed the warrants there.
A doorman at the Regency said, "They are still here," when asked about the FBI.
A woman who answered a call placed to Cohen's room in the hotel said she was his wife. When asked if the FBI was in the room, she hung up.
Sources told NBC News that the raid was set in motion after Mueller's team became aware of certain information but concluded it did not fall under their mandate and passed the issue on to federal prosecutors in New York.
Sources said the search was related to $130,000 in payments that Cohen has said he made to Daniels just before the presidential election.
Daniels has said that money was given to her in exchange for her agreement to keep quiet about an affair she had with Trump that began in 2006. The White House has denied that Trump had sex with Daniels.
Stephanie Keith | Reuters
Michael Cohen, attorney for The Trump Organization, arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 17, 2017.
Trump has said he was unaware of the deal Cohen made with her. Cohen is an executive vice president and general counsel of the Trump Organization, the company founded by the president, which is now being run by his adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric.
Until recently, Cohen had been working with law firm Squire Patton Boggs, which said the raid had nothing to do with them.
"The firm's arrangement with Mr. Cohen reached its conclusion, mutually and in accordance with the terms of the agreement. We have been in contact with Federal authorities regarding their execution of a warrant relating to Mr. Cohen," the firm said in a statement to CNBC.
"These activities do not relate to the firm and we are in full cooperation," the firm added.
In addition to records related to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, FBI agents also seized emails, tax documents and business records, according to The New York Times, which cited a person briefed on the search.
Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, told MSNBC that just as he had predicted last week on that network, "Mr. Cohen has been placed in the crosshairs by Mr. Trump. And he has been set-up to take the fall."
"In my opinion, an enormous amount of misplaced faith has been placed on his shoulders and I do not believe he has the mettle to withstand it. If I am correct, this could end very, very badly for Mr. Trump and others," Avenatti said.
Last month Avenatti declined to comment when CNBC asked if he had been in contact with Mueller's office.
Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan, said, "Today the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients. I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller."
"The decision by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York to conduct their investigation using search warrants is completely inappropriate and unnecessary," Ryan said.
"It resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney-client communications between a lawyer and his clients. These government tactics are also wrong because Mr. Cohen has cooperated completely with all government entities, including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the Congress and sitting for depositions under oath."
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders declined to comment when asked about the raid by CNBC.
Spokesmen for the FBI's New York field office and for Mueller did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.
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FBI agents raided the New York home and offices of President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen on Monday following a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients,” said Stephen Ryan, Cohen’s attorney. “I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the Office of Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.”
Two officials briefed on the raids confirmed the action to ABC News. The U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI declined to comment.
The purpose of the raid remains unclear, but a source close to Cohen said the FBI seized documents related to the Stormy Daniels matter, as well personal, financial and banking records dating back to 2013. They also seized his electronic devices, the source said.
President Trump reacted to news at a meeting with senior military leadership at the White House on Monday evening, describing the raid as a break-in to reporters and calling it “a disgraceful situation” and “a total witch hunt.”
Cohen has come under scrutiny after acknowledging that he made a $130,000 payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels as she was shopping her story of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006 to major media outlets shortly before the 2016 election. Daniels filed a lawsuit against Trump in March arguing that the so-called hush agreement, the existence of which was first revealed by The Wall Street Journal, is invalid because Trump never signed it.
Cohen has said that he paid the $130,000 out of his own pocket and that neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign were involved in the transaction. Trump recently denied any knowledge of the payment and referred inquiries to Cohen, but Daniel’s attorney Michael Avenatti continues to insist that Trump “absolutely knew” about the agreement.
"We very much look forward to testing the truthfulness of Mr. Trump's feigned lack of knowledge concerning the $130k payment as stated on Air Force One," Avenatti wrote on Twitter following Trump’s comments. "As history teaches us, it is one thing to deceive the press and quite another to do so under oath.
Ryan objected to the raid, which he said could intrude on privileged communications between Cohen and his legal clients.
“The decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York to conduct their investigation using search warrants is completely inappropriate and unnecessary,” Ryan said. “It resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney client communications between a lawyer and his clients.”
Squire Patton Boggs, one of the firms whose office was raided on Monday, released a statement indicating that Cohen no longer works at the firm, though it is unclear when Cohen and the firm parted ways.
“The firm’s arrangement with Mr. Cohen reached its conclusion, mutually and in accordance with the terms of the agreement,” the statement reads. “We have been in contact with Federal authorities regarding their execution of a warrant relating to Mr. Cohen. These activities do not relate to the firm and we are in full cooperation.”
One official told ABC News that Justice Department lawyers were well aware they would have special legal hurdles to deal with by seizing attorney-client records. It’s not an issue that’s taken lightly and was certainly not an oversight, the official said.
Cohen has also been questioned by lawmakers as part of a separate congressional probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. During that questioning, sources have told ABC News, Cohen was asked about a proposal pitched to the Trump Organization during the 2016 campaign to pursue development of a Moscow tower bearing Trump’s name.
In decrying the Monday raid, Ryan revealed that Cohen has already spoken to the government “under oath” but did not detail the context of those meetings.
“These government tactics are also wrong because Mr. Cohen has cooperated completely with all government entities, including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the Congress and sitting for depositions under oath,” Ryan said in a statement.
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这也太快了吧 
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/michael-cohen-fbi/index.html
Washington (CNN)The FBI raided the office of Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer and confidant of President Donald Trump, Cohen's attorney confirmed to CNN Monday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/politics/michael-cohen-fbi/index.html
Washington (CNN)The FBI raided the office of Michael Cohen, a personal lawyer and confidant of President Donald Trump, Cohen's attorney confirmed to CNN Monday.
Time to crack Cohen?
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WASHINGTON --
President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser is resigning in the latest White House departure.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Tuesday that Thomas Bossert would be leaving his post. She said Trump was "grateful for Tom's commitment to the safety and security of our great country."
Bossert was a point person in the White House on protecting the nation from terror and cyber threats. He also helped spearhead the administration's response to last year's hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.
His exit is the latest in a wave of departures from the West Wing in recent months. It comes a day after new national security adviser John Bolton began his tenure.
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Trump's homeland security adviser becomes latest White House official to resign
U.S. President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the president's spokesperson says — the latest in a string of senior advisers to leave the White House.
Bossert left at request of Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton, who began work Monday
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 10, 2018 11:08 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert speaks during a daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Sept. 11, 2017. Bossert resigned on Tuesday. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
U.S. President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the president's spokesperson said on Tuesday — the latest in a string of senior advisers to leave the White House.
An administration official said Bossert, a former deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush, had left at the request of Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton, who began working in his post at the White House on Monday.
"The president is grateful for Tom's commitment to the safety and security of our great country," White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
"Tom led the White House's efforts to protect the homeland from terrorist threats, strengthen our cyber defences, and
respond to an unprecedented series of natural disasters," Sanders said.
Bolton's arrival at the White House also prompted the departure of Trump's national security council spokesperson, Michael Anton.
Bossert joins a long list of other senior officials who have resigned or been fired since Trump took office in January 2017, including previous national security advisers Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, communications directors Hope Hicks and Anthony Scaramucci, economic adviser Gary Cohn and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Health Secretary Tom Price and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin have also left.
Bossert oversaw the administration's work on cyber security issues and was considered a key voice for responding more aggressively to destructive cyber attacks launched by hostile adversaries, including Russia, Iran and North Korea.
He helped guide the administration's decisions in recent months to blame and impose costs on each of those countries in an effort to create a more forceful cyber-deterrence strategy.
Bossert was generally well respected by cybersecurity experts, who viewed him as a knowledgeable voice in the room.
Rob Joyce, the White House's cybersecurity czar, who reported to Bossert, is still working in the administration, a White House official said.
Trump's homeland security adviser becomes latest White House official to resign
U.S. President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the president's spokesperson says — the latest in a string of senior advisers to leave the White House.
Bossert left at request of Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton, who began work Monday
Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 10, 2018 11:08 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago
White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert speaks during a daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Sept. 11, 2017. Bossert resigned on Tuesday. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
U.S. President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the president's spokesperson said on Tuesday — the latest in a string of senior advisers to leave the White House.
An administration official said Bossert, a former deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush, had left at the request of Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton, who began working in his post at the White House on Monday.
"The president is grateful for Tom's commitment to the safety and security of our great country," White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
"Tom led the White House's efforts to protect the homeland from terrorist threats, strengthen our cyber defences, and
respond to an unprecedented series of natural disasters," Sanders said.
Bolton's arrival at the White House also prompted the departure of Trump's national security council spokesperson, Michael Anton.
Bossert joins a long list of other senior officials who have resigned or been fired since Trump took office in January 2017, including previous national security advisers Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, communications directors Hope Hicks and Anthony Scaramucci, economic adviser Gary Cohn and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Health Secretary Tom Price and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin have also left.
Bossert oversaw the administration's work on cyber security issues and was considered a key voice for responding more aggressively to destructive cyber attacks launched by hostile adversaries, including Russia, Iran and North Korea.
He helped guide the administration's decisions in recent months to blame and impose costs on each of those countries in an effort to create a more forceful cyber-deterrence strategy.
Bossert was generally well respected by cybersecurity experts, who viewed him as a knowledgeable voice in the room.
Rob Joyce, the White House's cybersecurity czar, who reported to Bossert, is still working in the administration, a White House official said.
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