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Sat Jun 12, 2021, 01:22 PM Jun 2021

Michael Cohen says DOJ acted like 'mafia' under the 'corrupt arm of the Trump administration' after

the revelation it secretly obtained data from Democratic lawmakers.

The revelation that the US Department of Justice obtained records for at least two Democratic lawmakers - and critics of former President Donald Trump - shows the extent to which the legal system was perverted to serve the narrow partisan interests of the last administration, Michael Cohen told Insider on Friday.

The comments from the ex-president's former personal attorney came after reports that federal prosecutors had forced Apple to hand over communications data for Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, as well committee staff, and their relatives, including one child.

At least a dozen people in total were impacted, The New York Times reported, in an attempt to uncover the source of leaks to the press about Trump associates and their dealings with Russia. The administration also obtained records on journalists at several national outlets as part of its probe.

"Like the mafia, the Justice Department became nothing more than a corrupt arm of the Trump administration," Cohen said, "run by Donald J. Trump as its head of the family."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michael-cohen-says-doj-acted-like-mafia-under-the-corrupt-arm-of-the-trump-administration-after-the-revelation-it-secretly-obtained-data-from-democratic-lawmakers/ar-AAKXfL4
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