Feds Got Past Data On Where Cohen's Cell Phones Were In Run Up To Election

[DonViejo]

By Josh Kovensky

March 19, 2019 11:09 am

The FBI asked for – and received – historical location data on two of Michael Cohen’s cell phones covering the five weeks before the 2016 presidential election as part of the investigation into potential campaign finance violations, records unsealed on Tuesday reveal.

The request for the data – made on April 7, 2018 – came as part of an investigation into “a criminal violation of the campaign finance laws by Michael Cohen, a lawyer who holds himself out as the personal attorney for President Donald J. Trump,” wrote an FBI agent in a heavily redacted affidavit supporting the request.



The request covered two periods of time: from October 1, 2016 until November 8, 2016 and from January 1, 2018 onwards. A scribbled note on the request appears to have amended it from an initial ask that would have given the government information from October 1, 2016 until the time of the request:



The two time periods appear to line up with crucial points in the dealmaking surrounding hush payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Cohen eventually pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in connection with the deal.

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1. When was Prague in the Steele dossier?

On edit August or early September 2016.