Michael Cohen files suit to recoup legal costs
New York Times | Mar 9, 2019, 07:31 ISTNEW YORK: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Trump, sued the Trump Organisation on Thursday. He accused the company of breaking a contract when it refused to pay about $1.9 million in legal costs after he began cooperating with federal prosecutors.
The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, said that the Trump Organisation had failed to live up to an agreement to pay for any legal fees or related costs Cohen incurred in his work with the Trump Organisation.
Cohen is also seeking reimbursement for an additional $1.9 million he was ordered to pay in fines, forfeiture and restitution after he pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws, evading taxes and lying to Congress. A lawyer for the Trump Organization said it “doesn’t owe Michael Cohen one penny of legal fees”. “This is a desperate money grab by a desperate convicted felon.”
The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, said that the Trump Organisation had failed to live up to an agreement to pay for any legal fees or related costs Cohen incurred in his work with the Trump Organisation.
Cohen is also seeking reimbursement for an additional $1.9 million he was ordered to pay in fines, forfeiture and restitution after he pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws, evading taxes and lying to Congress. A lawyer for the Trump Organization said it “doesn’t owe Michael Cohen one penny of legal fees”. “This is a desperate money grab by a desperate convicted felon.”
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