Detailed claims about the company’s banking history were made public Tuesday by Michael Avenatti, an attorney for Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star who was paid $130,000 by Cohen’s company shortly before the 2016 election to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump.
Inspector General Eric Thorson, who operates independently of the agency’s political leadership, launched the probe in response to media reports, said counsel Rich Delmar. It might — or might not — answer a question that was the source of much speculation Wednesday: How did Avenatti come into hard-to-get information touching on some of the most sensitive issues before the White House, including the probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III?
On Twitter, Avenatti circulated a dossier purporting to show that Cohen received $500,000 last year from Columbus Nova, the U.S.-based affiliate of Renova Group, a company founded by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg. The business magnate attended Trump’s inauguration and has reportedly been interviewed by Mueller’s prosecutors. Columbus Nova confirmed the payment, saying it was for consulting on investments and other matters, but denied any involvement by Vekselberg....
May 9, 2018
"The Treasury Department’s inspector general is investigating whether confidential banking information involving a company controlled by President Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen was leaked..."
WaPo reports.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 208 of 208FIDO said...
Once Cohen's office was raided, BOOM! Leaks galore about his stuff by Mueller.
Yeah, but the mistakes are telling. This leak contain info about different Michael Cohens, so it could not have come from the raid.
So, in fact, FIDO called it incorrectly.
Sounds like the same dirt merchant who said Cohen had been to Prague.
Last night, I couldn't sleep, Rather than jumping into the comments section here to argue with nimrods, I elected to watch the Americans freed from North Korea land at Andrews Air Force base. I made the right decision. It was very moving and I went back to bed with my heart filled with pride. This is an amazing, beautiful country.
+1 exiled, +1
It may Mueller leaking the info on Cohen and adding false information to throw off the investigators.
Democrats and anti-American establishment are still spying on Americans. Perhaps discovery will uncover the full extent of Water Closet and violation of the Constitution and Americans' civil rights.
"The Trump transition operation ignored those conventions. The contact with Vietnam was not set up by the State Department. Instead, Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, helped arrange the call.”
Trump is unconventional? We always suspected, but this... this proves it.
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