Nick Akerman, a former federal prosecutor who worked on the Watergate investigation, told Newsweek that the documents make it clear the investigation is ongoing and that the “prime target” is likely President Trump.
Federal prosecutors unsealed hundreds of pages of documents on Tuesday related to the FBI’s 2018 raid on Michael Cohen and legal experts say that their redaction of all information regarding illegal hush money payments spells trouble for Donald Trump and his inner circle.
But the biggest revelation, according to experts, is the nearly 20 pages of redacted material relating to Cohen’s hush money payments to two women before the 2016 election. When asked if Trump, members of his family or his business associates can wind up being indicted as a result of the investigation, Akerman said “absolutely.”In his congressional testimony last month, Cohen told lawmakers that he was reimbursed for the hush money payments with checks signed by Trump Jr. and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg. It was the first time that the president’s son was named in the alleged conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge William Pauley III ordered the release of the documents after receiving significant pressure from news organizations, including the Associated Press and The New York Times, to make them public. In his 30-page ruling, Pauley wrote that he ordered the release due to “substantial” public interest in the matters regarding “the integrity of the 2016 presidential election.”
In his hearing, Cohen alleged that Trump knew in advance about the WikiLeaks release of damaging information about Hillary Clinton as well as the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian officials.
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