Paper Trail: Mueller Began Investigating Michael Cohen Months After Trump Took Office
Michael Cohen. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Federal prosecutors in New York released hundreds of pages of search warrant applications and supporting material Tuesday tied to the search of Michael Cohen’s offices and home last April.
The partially redacted documents were ordered released by U.S. District Judge William Pauley III on Monday after news organizations asked for the documents to be made public.
The documents show Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office was investigating Cohen only a few months after President Donald Trump was sworn in. The special counsel's review of Cohen’s emails began in July 2017 and revealed information that appears to have been shared with Manhattan prosecutors.
One of the most substantially redacted sections shows prosecutors’ supporting information for campaign finance violations Cohen would later plead guilty to. Prosecutors made clear Trump himself was involved in the campaign finance violation scheme. The entire section — more than 19 pages — in the search warrant application appears redacted.
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