Trump donor hired Cohen as consultant on business pitch to Qatar: report
A major donor to President Trump’s inauguration reportedly hired the president’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as a consultant amid a push to do business with Qatari officials.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Franklin Haney, who donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund, pitched a nuclear-power investment to the Qatari sovereign-wealth fund last month.
Cohen, who is under criminal investigation, joined Haney and a leader of the Qatar Investment Authority at the meeting, where Haney sought an investment for his nuclear project. There is no indication Qatar agreed to a deal, the Journal reported.
Cohen reportedly also pitched the Qatari official on a separate infrastructure project.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/388702-trump-donor-hired-cohen-as-consultant-on-business-pitch-to-qatar
