According to the Washington Post, President Donald Trump had asked to review all seized documents from his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen’s, house and office after the FBI raid before it would be viewed by investigators. The document review was also asked by Cohen’s legal team. Trump had claimed that it was a breach of attorney-client privilege. Rep. Trey Gowdy defended the raid that it was all by the book and so, did that it did not violate attorney client privilege.
Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, is suing Cohen for defamation and has claimed the nondisclosure agreement she signed with Trump concerning the affair back in 2006 is invalid because Trump never signed it. Court documents show that Cohen was already under investigation by the New York U.S. Attorney for months before the raid.
During her court appearance on Tuesday, it was revealed that Fox News host Sean Hannity was a client of Michael Cohen. Mr. Hannity, after the revelation, said he never paid Cohen for legal fees.
Following the raid, Trump had floated around the idea of Special Counsel Robert Mueller getting dismissed. It led to a protection bill. The intended bill to protect Mueller would send “a very strong message”, according to Senator Susan Collins. And on ABC’s “This Week”, she said she doubts Trump would sign such a bill into law. She also indicated that she might support the bill as a warning to Trump to not meddle with the special counsel’s investigation or dismiss senior Department of Justice officials with an oversight into the investigation. As of now, according to Collins, only Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein can dismiss Mueller and that there would be repercussions if Trump fires the Deputy to put pressure on Mueller.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said she is not aware of any plans to dismiss Rosenstein or Mueller. Trump has also softened his tone on Mueller.
