Cohen guilty plea includes not paying taxes on $100,000 'brokerage fee' from Qatar royal family: WSJ

BOB BRIGHAM
24 AUG 2018 AT 13:06 ET

Longtime Donald Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen received $100,000 from a company owned by a member of the Qatar royal family, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to failing to pay taxes on $4 million in income, including the $100,000 “brokerage fee.”

Cohen represented Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani, who owns Abdul Aziz Althani Holdings Inc, according to documents revealed in the Panama Papers.

Abdul Aziz Althani Holdings Inc reportedly sold a “fly-in” real estate development in Florida named “Jumblolair” to Frank Merschman in 2014.

“I cooperated with them 100%,” Merschman said of being interviewed by FBI agents.

This is not Cohen first reported dealing with Qatar.

“The Journal reported in May that Mr. Cohen helped a major donor to President Trump’s inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment to the Qatari sovereign-wealth fund,” the newspaper noted. “The pitch came in early April, shortly before federal authorities raided Mr. Cohen’s office, apartment and hotel room.”

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