Cohen's $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger

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13. Another good article on Cohen's troubles...

Michael Cohen's legal woes keep getting worse and signs don't point to a Trump pardon
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/10/michael-cohen-donald-trump-legal-troubles-pardon-column/597973002/

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You don't need to be a lawyer to know that Cohen is in big trouble. Yet the most shocking aspects of this week's news may result in no criminal liability to Cohen. Given Trump's promise to "drain the swamp," news that his personal attorney took millions of dollars from companies to serve as a "lobbyist" for pharmaceutical giant Novartis, to provide "insights" to AT&T, and to provide "legal consulting regarding accounting standards" to Korea Aerospace Industries are problematic.

It is unusual, to say the least, that Cohen received millions from those companies after Trump's election. It is hard to believe that he was paid due to his skill as a lawyer, and it is odd that he used the shell company he set up to pay Daniels to receive the money. But it's unclear whether Cohen committed a crime by doing so. Cohen did fail to register as a lobbyist, but that is only a crime if he did so to purposely undermine the law, and there is an exception for individuals who spend less than 20% of their time lobbying.

Trump has the very best swamp creatures........