The Taxis Come Back to Haunt Michael Cohen

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It’s more murky and paper-laden than the porn star pay-offs he managed for President Trump. But for Michael Cohen, it’s the mountains of apparent bank fraud and more tied to his taxi business which is likely his biggest legal problem. The king of the New York taxi world Evgeny “Gene” Freidman got a very good deal from New York State prosecutors for unspecified and cooperation to be determined – explicitly for either state or federal prosecutors. Gene and Michael go way back. Gene and Michael shared an accountant. Allegra Kirkland probes this part of the Cohen story here.

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