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Federal agents search Cohen's office, hotel room, residence, and devices

Date
2018-04-09
Entry type
criminal-investigation-search
Current status
Search evidence used in cases ending in guilty pleas

The searches ruptured the Trump-Cohen joint-defense relationship and produced evidence for Cohen's later guilty pleas.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumppersonal attorney and Trump Organization executiveMichael Cohen

Claims and evidence

  1. factdocumented

    FBI agents executed warrants at Cohen's residence, hotel room, office, safe-deposit box, and electronic devices. Trump publicly attacked the searches and initially continued paying Cohen's legal fees under a joint-defense arrangement. The enforcement action destabilized their alliance, but the warrants authorized evidence collection and were not themselves a finding of guilt.