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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney
President Trumps personal attorney Michael D. Cohen sometimes taped conversations with associates, according to three people familiar with his practice, and allies of the president are worried that the recordings were seized by federal investigators in a raid of Cohens office and residences this week.
Cohen, who served for a decade as a lawyer at the Trump Organization and is a close confidant of Trump, was known to store the conversations using digital files and then replay them for colleagues, according to people who have interacted with him.
We heard he had some proclivity to make tapes, said one Trump adviser, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. Now we are wondering, who did he tape? Did he store those someplace where they were actually seized? .?.?. Did they find his recordings?
Cohen did not respond to requests for comment. Stephen Ryan, an attorney for Cohen, declined to comment. A White House spokeswoman referred a request for comment to Cohen and his attorney.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trumps-allies-worry-that-federal-investigators-may-have-seized-recordings-made-by-his-attorney/2018/04/12/16d6345a-3e89-11e8-912d-16c9e9b37800_story.html
I gather they realize that if Mueller has this, Trump is screwed 10 ways from Sunday.
Makes sense now...
"Trump, Mueller teams prepare to move forward without presidential interview
Mondays raid on Trumps personal lawyer upended talks for the president to sit down with investigators."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna865421
I have a feeling Mueller has the goods on tRump.
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Trumps allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney (Original Post)
orangecrush
Apr 2018
OP
Freelancer
(2,107 posts)1. Cohen knows where the bodies are buried -- hopefully not literally
They should be afraid. Who knows what a "fixer" like Cohen has been asked to do, or have others do, over the years?
Also, DT may be his main client, but is not his only one. Other moneyed individuals may have just had the lid pried open on their activities.
orangecrush
(19,569 posts)2. Paul Ryan
took to the mattresses!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)3. Ah, don't worry
cause you know they did. Also, got the recordings from Trumps burner phone from that random car parked a block away from where ever he has. I'm sure that Trumps attorney told him not to call or talk to anyone, but as always the fat rich guy knows best.
orangecrush
(19,569 posts)6. Trump is toast
prepare for a wild ride.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Why would they be worried?
I have it on very good authority that if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about from a criminal investigation. Surely they're not implying that Trump may have done something wrong and blabbed to Cohen about it?
orangecrush
(19,569 posts)5. perish the thought