Feds tapped Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's phones

[herding cats]

Source: NBC

At least one phone call between a phone line associated with Cohen and the White House was intercepted, a source said.

Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who is under investigation for a payment he made to an adult film star who alleged she had an affair with Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.

It is not clear how long the wiretap has been authorized, but NBC News has learned it was in place in the weeks leading up to the raids on Cohen's offices, hotel room, and home in early April, according to one person with direct knowledge.

At least one phone call between a phone line associated with Cohen and the White House was intercepted, the person said.

Previously, federal prosecutors in New York have said in court filings that they have conducted covert searches on multiple e-mail accounts maintained by Cohen.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/feds-tapped-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-s-phones-n871011

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Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[C Moon]

1. Damn! That is frigging serious!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Second tweet (content here) is pretty much an admission there were prosecutable conversations

Two sources close to Trump's newest attorney, Rudy Giuliani, say he learned that days after the raid the president had made a call to Cohen, and told Trump never to call again out of concern the call was being recorded by prosecutors./div]

[Corgigal]

17. Which made Trump think,

Yeah I need to call Cohen to see how's he doing. Haha. Keep telling him things not to do.

[louis c]

2. Wow-Fucking-Wee

Amazing.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. rudy is now saying the wiretaps should have been made known to t rump...

what a joke!!!!!

[unblock]

7. Pretty much an admission that Donnie's on the other end lol

[asiliveandbreathe]

10. OMG - You are correct - the gift that keeps on giving -

[herding cats]

21. Yep!

Giuliani mouth is a gift for the prosecutors.

[mobeau69]

4. I hope asshole was on the other end. nt

[RandomAccess]

5. Exactly what I've been hoping for -- and I never felt my wish was

in any way outlandish. It only made sense to me, given the fact that we all pretty much knew Cohen was a criminal guilty of money-laundering at the least.

[flor-de-jasmim]

6. Bet Rachel M is already throwing out today's program! :-)

[brer cat]

8. Lordy, there ARE tapes.

There isn't enough popcorn in the world to get through this!

[kairos12]

9. Drumpt is changing into his oversize brown pants in 1.2.3.

[laserhaas]

11. Never thought I would ever wish that Rudy would

keep on talking...

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. This is huge, not sure why EVERYBODY here isnt talking about it and why there werent

10 other threads started even though they would be closed as this is original, why is this not being noticed?

This is HUGE

[ffr]

14. Yeah, I don't recall in my lifetime a president being wire tapped by the DOJ

You may be right.

Maybe.

Just slightly.

[ffr]

13. Or as Jackie Gleason would say, OOF!!!

Rump and Cohen are fffffffff*cking fried!

[KTM]

16. "There's a Mr. Negan on line one sir..."

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Consider the context

Link to tweet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Text of the tweet you forgot to include (benefits some people at work and others)

Preet Bharara
?Verified account @PreetBharara

Preet Bharara Retweeted NBC News

Wiretaps are difficult to get. Applications require multiple layers of review, including by career lawyers in Washington, plus approval by a district court judge (not magistrate). Also they signify proof of an ongoing crime. And you don't tap a President's attorney lightly.

Preet Bharara added,
NBC News
Verified account @NBCNews
NEW: Exclusive: Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, according to two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen. https://nbcnews.to/2Ky7uqo

3 May 2018

333 replies 3,128 retweets 7,518 likes

[Cognitive_Resonance]

20. No surprise. There are likely many other wiretaps in place among the usual suspects. nt