NBC News: Feds Tapped Michael Cohen’s Phones
Federal investigators have tapped the phone lines of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen,
NBC News reported Thursday, citing two unnamed people “with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.”
The investigators, the report said, intercepted at least one call between Cohen and the White House.
Trump called Cohen “days after the raid,” according to the report, at which point his lawyer Rudy Giuliani advised him not to call his lawyer again out of concern about wiretaps.
The news comes after Giuliani admitted in multiple interviews Wednesday and Thursday that Trump paid Cohen back for the hush money payment Cohen sent to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. That payment is one focus of investigators, who raided Cohen’s home, office and hotel room early last month.
NBC News reported that Cohen’s phones were tapped “in the weeks leading up to” those raids.
