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Aug 27, 2018 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Quick thread to recap some of longtime Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen & his own attorneys' ties to foreign interests—including Qatar, Ukrainian oligarchs, and Russian president Vladimir Putin—in light of recent reporting:
$4 million Michael Cohen failed to pay taxes on includes $100,000 real-estate brokerage fee from representing company owned by a Qatar royal family member—according to the #PanamaPapers—who also owns Trump Park Ave condo bought directly from POTUS in 2005 on.wsj.com/2wbXg9J
Apr 16, 2018 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: 8,700 page @FEC filing reveals Trump's 2020 re-election campaign paid $280,000 in legal fees to two law firms representing Trump & his personal attorney Michael Cohen against Stormy Daniels wapo.st/2GYspVs
$1 out of every $5 the Trump campaign spent this year went to legal fees. $348,000 went to the law firm representing the Trump campaign in Russian 2016 election interference probes by special counsel Robert Mueller & congressional investigations wapo.st/2GYspVs