The FBI on Tuesday raided the offices of President Donald Trump’s private lawyer Michael Cohen and seized several documents, including information related to the $1,30,000 payment to a porn film actress who alleges that she had an affair with Trump in 2006.
Reacting sharply to the raid, Trump blasted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, describing the search as a “disgrace” and “an attack on our country.”
The FBI raided the offices of Cohen in New York and seized business records, emails and documents related to several topics, including the payment to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Cohen, who has been Trump’s confidant for years, had made the $130,000 payoff to the actress ahead of the 2016 election, which she claims was meant to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
The White House has denied her allegations.
The search warrant was very broad in terms of items sought, the CNN said quoting sources. The documents seized included bank records and information related to the actress.
Stephen Ryan, a lawyer for Cohen, said in a statement that the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York had executed “a series of search warrants” including at his office, and “seized the privileged communications” between Cohen and his clients.