A hearing on the search warrants used to raid the home, office and hotel room of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, has been scheduled for Friday morning in a Manhattan federal courthouse.
Judge Kimba Wood is presiding over the 10:30 a.m. ET hearing.
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to ask a federal judge Friday morning for a temporary restraining order to stop federal investigators from reviewing and using documents and records seized during a court authorized search, U.S. Attorney’s Office says. – @Tom_Winter
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 13, 2018
Stephen Ryan, Cohen’s attorney, said in a statement after news of the Monday raids broke that they were “inappropriate and unnecessary.”
The seizures of Cohen’s records — which included his communications with his clients, according to Ryan — were led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, after a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly approved of the move.
Sucks to be you, Mikey…
Trump’s personal attorney faces troubles in Chicago, where several taxis he owns have been grounded
The Deputy AG: NY AG and FBI wouldn’t have pulled the trigger on such a high visibility/high risk move unless they had Cohen dead to rights.
Like the saying goes- the only rule in dethroning a king is ‘do not miss’.
Seems unlikely that the prosecutors would have pulled the trigger on Cohen if they weren’t absolutely certain the case could withstand desperate plays like this.
Beat me again!
The judge is Kimba Wood, I read somewhere. Very smart, with a colorful past. I would put the chances of her being pro-Trump at about 0%. On the other hand, she’s a pro, and won’t let a plainly excessive warrant stand.