Feds request communications between Michael Cohen and tabloid executives

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

Federal investigators have requested all communications between two top execs. at American Media Inc. -- which publishes the National Enquirer -- and Michael Cohen, multiple sources confirm to NBC News.


Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/sources-feds-seeking-communications-between-trump-s-lawyer-and-tabloid-execs-1209443395619

[cstanleytech]

1. Hints of a possible conspiracy to bypass campaign election laws?

Say along the lines of "Hey we need help covering the stories up so if you will provide the funds we will gladly help you in other ways down the road".

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. There's the question of the lawyer who happened to represent both McDougal and Stormy

and quickly accepted what many thought was a low figure for hush money/the fee before burying the story:

Davidson recently surfaced as the man who brokered Trump’s payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their tryst. He also represented Karen McDougal, the 1998 Playmate of the Year who sold the story of her nine-month affair with Trump to the National Enquirer for $150,000.
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Davidson and his spokesman invited me to call some of his legal adversaries, who would back him up. His spokesman’s first suggestion, it turns out, was none other than Michael D. Cohen, the personal attorney for President Trump who handled the Stormy Daniels payment. “Keith Davidson … is a tireless advocate for his clients,” Cohen wrote in an email. “In each and every interaction I’ve ever had with him, he has always been professional, ethical and a true gentleman.”

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/lawyer-for-trumps-mistresses-turns-sex-scandals-into-cash.html

They may be looking for evidence of collusion between lawyers "representing" opposing sides.