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AP sources: Raid related to payments to women accusing Trump

By CHAD DAY, ERIC TUCKER Inc., said they paid Mc-
and TOM HAYS, Associated Dougal for details of the al-
Press leged affair, but they never
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed- appeared in print. AMI has
eral agents who raided the said she was paid to be-
office of President Donald come a fitness columnist.
Trump’s personal attorney, Cohen’s attorney, Stephen
Michael Cohen, were look- Ryan, did not respond to
ing for information about questions about McDougal
payments to a former Play- on Tuesday.
boy playmate and a porn Agents also seized records
actress who claim to have related to a $130,000 pay-
had affairs with Trump, two ment made to Daniels, who
people familiar with the in- says she had sex with Trump
vestigation said Tuesday. the same year as McDou-
Public corruption prosecu- gal. Daniels’ team has had
tors in the U.S. Attorney’s extensive communications
office in Manhattan are with federal investigators,
trying to determine if there said a third person familiar
was any fraud related to with the investigations, who
the payments to Karen demanded anonymity to
McDougal and Stormy discuss the confidential
Daniels, according to one matter.
of the people. McDougal, Cohen has said he paid
a former playmate, was Daniels out of his own
paid $150,000 by the par- pocket shortly before the
ent company of the Na- 2016 presidential election,
tional Enquirer for her story, The front of the building where President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen lives in but has not explained why.
though the magazine nev- New York on Monday, April 9, 2018. Several former officials at
er published it. Cohen paid Associated Press the Federal Election Com-
$130,000 to Daniels as part out by special counsel Rob- tary Sarah Huckabee Sand- in part, by evidence or al- mission have said the pay-
of an agreement, made ert Mueller’s team but in- ers said Tuesday that Trump legations uncovered by ment could have violated
before the 2016 election, to stead by federal authorities “certainly believes he has Mueller’s team. campaign finance laws,
keep her from going public in New York. the power” to fire Muel- Under Justice Department because it may amount to
with her allegations. Still, the president’s ire has ler, though he isn’t taking regulations, Mueller must an unreported campaign
A warrant used in the raid been directed at Mueller that step now. She echoed consult with Rosenstein donation.
Monday specifically au- and his boss, Deputy At- Trump’s frustration, saying when his investigators un- Cohen has said neither the
thorized agents to seize torney General Rod Rosen- he believes federal authori- cover new evidence that Trump Organization nor the
records related to McDou- stein. On Monday, Trump ties have “gone too far” may fall outside his original Trump campaign was in-
gal, said one of the people, called Mueller’s investi- by seizing communication mandate. Rosenstein then volved in the transaction
who demanded anonym- gation “an attack on our between a lawyer and his determines whether to al- with Daniels and he was
ity to discuss the confiden- country” and suggested he clients. low Mueller to proceed not reimbursed for the pay-
tial details. was considering firing the In fact, attorney-client privi- or to assign the matter to ment. Trump has said he
The payments appear to special counsel. lege is not absolute and another U.S. attorney or didn’t know about the pay-
be part of a pattern of The White House remained can’t be invoked when the another part of the Justice ment.
Trump’ self-described fixer defiant that the president discussion was part of an ef- Department. The White House has con-
trying to shield the business- has the power to directly fort to commit a crime. The FBI agents searched Co- sistently said Trump denies
man-turned-politician from fire Mueller — despite Jus- search was authorized by hen’s office, apartment the affair.
embarrassing press by buy- tice Department regula- a judge and no evidence and a hotel room where In his first public comments
ing women’s silence. tions saying otherwise. The suggests it was carried out he’s been staying while his since the raid, Cohen told
The new details on the regulations say only Rosen- improperly. home is under renovation, CNN on Tuesday that he is
Cohen raid, first reported stein, who appointed Muel- The search did not appear looking for documents re- rethinking how he handled
by The New York Times, ler last May, has the author- related to allegations of lated to Daniels and Mc- the payment to Daniels be-
emerged as the president ity to fire him and only for Russian election interfer- Dougal. cause of what it’s done to
boiled over on Twitter about specific cause. Rosenstein ence or possible coordina- McDougal has said she his family. He also praised
it and amid evidence that has repeatedly said that he tion with the Trump cam- carried on an affair with the FBI agents who car-
investigators are zeroing in has not seen any reason to paign, the main focus of Trump in 2006 after the birth ried out the search as “pro-
on his inner circle. The raid dismiss Mueller. Mueller’s probe. But the of his son. The Enquirer’s fessional, courteous and
on Cohen was not carried White House press secre- raid was prompted, at least publisher, American Media respectful.”q