Report: Trump Huddled With Attorney Marc Kasowitz About Cohen Raid

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Marc E. Kasowitz, attorney for President Donald Trump, makes a statement to the media during a press conference at the National Press Club on June 8, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Marc E. Kasowitz, attorney for President Donald Trump, makes a statement to the media during a press conference at the National Press Club on June 8, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky ... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Marc E. Kasowitz, attorney for President Donald Trump, makes a statement to the media during a press conference at the National Press Club on June 8, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump met with attorneys Marc Kasowitz and Jay Sekulow on Tuesday following the FBI’s raid of the office, home and hotel room of Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Though the raid was carried out by the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, the lawyers view the raid as an extension of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, according to Bloomberg News.

Kasowitz (pictured above) left Trump’s outside legal team in charge of the Russia investigations in July 2017, but traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with Trump Tuesday, per Bloomberg News. Sekulow is the lead outside attorney responsible for the Russia probe now that John Dowd has bowed out.

Since the raid on Cohen’s residences and office, Trump has raged against Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who reportedly signed off on the raid.

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  1. If it keeps him away from Bolton, then it’s all good.

  2. Avatar for litho litho says:

    Circle the wagons, boys. It’s about to get really hairy around here, real soon.

  3. Thats our boy

    In September 2012, within weeks of the case being resolved, Kasowitz contacted Vance’s campaign about hosting a fundraiser, according to a spokesperson for the campaign. Kasowitz held the event that January. He personally donated almost $32,000 to Vance’s campaign, and 20 of his law firm’s partners and employees kicked in at least another $9,000. Then, in October 2013, as Election Day approached, he hosted a breakfast —“Republicans for Cy Vance” — which raised an additional $9,000.

    Vance defended his decision to accept the money Kasowitz sent his way. “We did the right thing,” he said, referring to the decision to drop the case against trump.

  4. “Trump Huddled With Attorney Marc Kasowitz.”

    Is spooning involved?

  5. Impeachment might not be possible, but things are looking up for indictment.

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