More Senate Dems Call For Cohen Payment Info From AT&T, Novartis

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: (L to R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing concerning the roles and responsibilities for... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: (L to R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing concerning the roles and responsibilities for defending the nation against cyber attacks, on Capitol Hill, October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. Rob Joyce, the Trump administration's cybersecurity coordinator and member of the National Security Council, was invited to testify but did not appear at the hearing. Committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accused the White House of blocking Joyce's appearance before the committee. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are joining Ron Wyden (D-OR) in his call for information from AT&T and Novartis about their payments to Michael Cohen.

The three have written or signed letters to the companies, calling for an investigation into the seeming “pay-for-play operation.”

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti first released a document early last week revealing the payments, which were subsequently confirmed by the companies involved. Cohen was paid $600,000 from AT&T to give them guidance about the new administration and proposed merger with Time Warner; he received $1.2 million from Novartis to provide healthcare insights.

Read the letters below:   

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  1. Finally, members of the GOP are drawing the line at corruption and… oh, never mind.

  2. Give the public the names of all those dirty executives at all those companies. Tell us every single person who was involved so at the very least they can be driven out of their jobs never to be legitimately employed again.

    And if anyone actually bought influence? How about 50 years in prison to think about it. These are traitors too.

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