Mystery Sealed Document In Cohen Case Placed In Vault In Federal Court

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen is set to be sent... NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen is set to be sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty in August to several charges, including multiple counts of tax evasion, a campaign finance violation and lying to Congress. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A mysterious sealed document in Michael Cohen’s criminal case was referenced in the online court docket in federal court Wednesday.

The docket entry notes only that the sealed document was “placed in vault” with the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. There is no information on what type of document it is, or even the word count. It’s not even clear if it’s just a clerical note referencing an action involving a previously sealed document, or a new document being filed in the case.

Asked for more information, SDNY spokesperson Jordan Prince said: “That’s all that’s really available. I’m not sure if its an entry, if it’s a filing. It just indicates that there’s a sealed filing placed in vault.”

The new docket entry arrives a week after Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for financial crimes including tax evasion and making hush money payments on President Trump’s behalf in a case brought by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office. Cohen also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress in a separate case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

The former personal attorney to the President went to “significant lengths” to cooperate with the Mueller probe, according to prosecutors on that team. Cohen has offered to continue providing information to the special counsel and federal prosecutors in New York now that his sentencing is complete.

He is set to surrender himself to federal custody on March 6.

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  1. Hmmmmm…maybe someone’s passport with an entry stamp from somewhere in the EU which just happens to coincide with a certain trip to, um, Prague??

  2. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Holy shit, they’ve introduced a secret federal vault now? Season 2’s cliffhanger is lit!

  3. Maybe Trump will hire someone to break in and grab it. :grinning:

  4. Man, we’ve just added another chapter to the multi-volume set that is the historical account of the takedown of the most corrupt administration this country has ever seen.

    Karma’s catching up you SOBs.

  5. Couldn’t Cohens money laundering, and bank fraud also be at the behest of Toadglanz? Rudy keeps saying campaign violations…but we are pretty sure most of what Cohen did was at Toadglanz bidding.

    Remember yesterday we were wondering what country and what company was at the root of that sealed off courtroom floor and Mueller?

    Well today our Treasury department just lifted the sanctions on Deripaska and his three companies Rusal, En+ Group Plc and JSC EuroSibEnergo. Didn’t Mueller target him? I know Manafort worked for him.

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