Michael Cohen cooperating in probe into whether Trump Organization falsified records
Source: CNBC
Michael Cohen has agreed to cooperate in an investigation into whether the Trump Organization falsified business records, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.
Cohen signed a proffer agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which is investigating the Trump Organization, the source said. The agreement stipulates that he will cooperate with the office in its investigation.
The investigation could result in fines against the Trump Organization or Allen Weisselberg, who managed the organization's business affairs.
On Aug. 20, representatives from the DA's office went to meet with Cohen at Otisville Prison in upstate New York, where he is serving a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations related to hush money payments to two women who claimed that had affairs with Trump prior to taking office, the source told NBC News.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/michael-cohen-coop
It appears that the Manhattan District Attorney's office picked up the prosecutorial baton after the prosecutor for the SDNY, under Trump's toady William Barr, dropped it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/460997-michael-cohen-interviewed-by-ny-prosecutors-for-investigation-into
The district attorney opened the investigation last month and sent subpoenas to the Trump Organization and American Media Inc. seeking documents and records over payments made to Stormy Daniels as well as Karen McDougal during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The probe is focused on whether Trump's business violated New York state law by falsifying its records describing reimbursements to Cohen for the payments.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which closed its own investigation in July, alleged that the Trump Organization paid Cohen $420,000 to reimburse him for the $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels, boosting the total to include taxes and a bonus.
The company said the fees were legal expenses, though prosecutors alleged Cohen did no legal work for the business in 2017. The Trump Organization was ultimately not charged with any wrongdoing.
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