Report: Source who leaked Cohen financial info claims key government reports were missing
According to the New Yorker, the source who leaked records of Michael Cohen's financial activity said two other federal financial reports were absent
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According to the New Yorker, the source who leaked records of Michael Cohen's financial activity said two other federal financial reports were absent
President Trump released his financial disclosure form, which shows he reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen. The news comes as a new lawyer for the president said the special counsel's office will not indict the president. CBS News Washington correspondent Paula Reid reports.
Top legal expert apologizes for payments made by the firm to Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen
Last week Avenatti released a report that contained financial details about Mr. Trump's personal lawyer and payments by several blue-chip companies made to him
Michael Avenatti is defending himself after releasing financial records of President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen. CBS News Washington correspondent Paula Reid joined CBSN to discuss if this will impact the Stormy Daniels case and what tactics Avenatti is using to try to damage Mr. Trump's credibility.
AT&T agreed to pay president's personal attorney Michael Cohen a reported $600,000 for "insights." The White House says DOJ denied the merger
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says it was a "big mistake" to hire President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen to provide insight and access into the Trump administration after the 2016 election. Cohen received payments from several companies through Essential Consultants LLC, a consulting firm he set up prior to the election. Cohen used the corporation's account to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with President Trump. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN to break down the latest developments.
Lawyers for President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen are pushing back on claims made in documents released by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid discusses the back and forth between the two attorneys on CBSN.
Documents released Tuesday by adult film star Stormy Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, show President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen received millions of dollars from companies through a company he set up called Essential Consultants LLC. Cohen solicited business from the companies, including one linked to a Russian oligarch, by promising access to Mr. Trump shortly after the 2016 election. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN with the latest developments.
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"Mr. Avenatti has made numerous incorrect statements to the public in an apparent attempt to prejudice and discredit Mr. Cohen on this matter"
CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman breaks down the bombshell news from Stormy Daniels' attorney claiming that Trump laywer Michael Cohen was paid by a company linked to a Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin.
New documents from attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels, claim to show President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received payments from a Russian oligarch with Kremlin ties through a shell company. Jeff Pegues reports.
Michael Avenatti says Michael Cohen got the payments from investment firm controlled by Viktor Vekselberg
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Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti announced Tuesday that President Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen received money from a Russian oligarch after the 2016 election. Daily Beast executive editor Noah Shachtman, who said he confirmed Cohen received the payments, and NYU law professor and former Defense Department special counsel Ryan Goodman joined CBSN to discuss what this means for Cohen -- and what implications it has for the special counsel's investigation.
Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' attorney, alleges that President Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, took money after the election from a Russian oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. CBS News has not independently confirmed the allegations and is monitoring the story.
As a new member of the president's legal team, Rudy Giuliani suggested that Mr. Trump might plead the fifth to avoid testifying in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Giuliani also indicated that attorney Michael Cohen might have paid hush money on behalf of President Trump to other women in addition to Stormy Daniels. CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid and former prosecutor Vinoo Varghese takes CBSN through the latest.
President Trump's legal adviser Rudy Giuliani is suggesting that Mr. Trump might invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joined CBSN to discuss whether Mr. Trump could refuse a subpoena from the special counsel.
Trump claims there was no obstruction in the Russia investigation, but his lawyer Rudy Giuliani won't rule out the President taking the Fifth if he speaks to investigators. New York Magazine national correspondent Gabe Debenedetti joins CBSN to explain.
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"You couldn't put a lawyer on the show who wants to keep his law license to tell you he should testify," Rudy Giuliani tells ABC
"I happen to believe that the president can be indicted while in office," GWU law professor Jonathan Turley told "Face the Nation"
Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels, chides the "rope-a-dope defense" being used by President Trump's legal team
"His personal attorney had discretion to do this," Kellyanne Conway says on payments to Stormy Daniels