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| Cohen Phone Wiretapped. |
| 2018-05-04 |
| NBC Exclusive: Feds set up wiretap on Trump lawyer's phones weeks before FBI raid. Spokespeople for the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI in New York declined comment. After the raid, members of Trump's legal team advised the president not to speak to Cohen, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Two sources close to Trump's newest attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, say he learned that days after the raid the president had made a call to Cohen, and told Trump never to call again out of concern the call was being recorded by prosecutors. Giuliani told Fox News Wednesday night that Trump repaid Cohen the $130,000 he used to keep the adult film star, Stormy Daniels, from going public with allegations about her affair with Trump. Giuliani is also described as having warned Trump that Cohen is likely to flip on him, something Trump pushed back on, telling Giuliani that he has known Cohen for years and expects him to be loyal, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the conversations. Giuliani and a lawyer for Cohen, Steve Ryan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House referred NBC News to outside counsel. |
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