Lawyers for Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, told congressional lawmakers in a letter on Thursday that Mr. Cohen can best help their oversight inquiries if he remains out of prison to sift through millions of his documents — and they asked the help of Democrats in persuading prosecutors to help him do so.
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The lawyers — Lanny J. Davis, Michael D. Monico and Carly Chocron — wrote that Mr. Cohen was recently given access again to his files, which had been seized by federal investigators during a search in April 2018. The files include voice mail messages and recordings, as well as 14 million other documents, they said.
With Mr. Cohen expected to begin serving a three-year prison sentence on May 6, the lawyers asked the committee members to provide documentation of his help, in the hopes of showing that he is still needed to assist them with their investigations — and of postponing his incarceration or even reducing the time he will spend behind bars.
The lawyers sought the help of the Democrats in convincing federal prosecutors in Manhattan of “the need for Mr. Cohen to be readily available to Congress and to prosecutors conducting these investigations, such that his date to report for incarceration about four weeks from now will be substantially postponed while he is fully cooperating with prosecutors and Congress.”
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The lawyers said they were not writing to Republicans because they were not sure they would be “interested.”
NYT
Smart call.
Maybe he can have a computer in his cell.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Maybe he can have a computer in his cell.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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