President Trump distanced himself from Michael Cohen this week, as both of the cases against Cohen — the civil case involving Stormy Daniels and the federal criminal case in New York — continued to progress.
Judge Kimba Wood appointed veteran prosecutor Barbara Jones as special master in the criminal probe, where she’ll be tasked with combing through materials seized from Cohen to determine which are covered by attorney-client privilege. Cohen announced this week that, because of that criminal investigation, he is pleading the Fifth in the Daniels suit. Daniels is suing Cohen for defamation and his role in a nondisclosure agreement …read more
Source: TPM
