Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen'paid $400k to set up meeting with Ukrainian President
That likelihood may now be greater, with Freidman potentially sharing what he knows with federal prosecutors in NY and the special counsel.
This is the latest bad development for Cohen.
Cohen is being investigated for alleged money laundering and campaign finance violations tied to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an affair she claims to have had with Trump in 2006. The 51-year-old is now under investigation for a number of possible crimes, including potential campaign finance violations related to his $130,000 payout in 2016 to Stormy Daniels - the porn star who says she had an affair with Trump in 2006.
That legal pressure on Cohen appeared to increase on Tuesday, after Freidman cut his plea deal with investigators.
Petro Poroshenko's office issued a statement to RFE/RL on May 23, hours after the BBC published a report saying the payment to the lawyer, Michael Cohen, was arranged by intermediaries acting for Poroshenko who wanted to open a back channel to Trump.
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Freidman has been Mr Cohen's partner in the taxi business for years, even after New York City regulators barred Freidman last year from managing taxi medallions, or permits, The New York Times said.
The broadened scope of Mr. Freidman's cooperation may prove worrisome not only to Mr. Cohen, who is the target of a continuing federal investigation, but also Mr. Trump.
Cohen took to Twitter Wednesday morning to distance himself from the "Taxi King". During that period of time, he was operating taxis controlled by Cohen, according to people familiar with their relationship. "Neither I nor any of our staff know, or have been in contact with, any current or former members of the Ukrainian parliament, nor Michael Cohen", Rabbi Shalom Paltiel of Chabad of Port Washington told The Jerusalem Post.
Talking Points Memo reported a year ago that Cohen and Friedman were such close friends that Cohen helped named Friedman's oldest son, Dylan. He was also disbarred in May after reportedly failing to pay over $5 million in taxes. The two charges - announced in March 2018 - could carry prison sentences of 10 and five years, respectively. One of his partners, Yevgeny Freidman, earlier this week pleaded guilty to tax fraud and agreed to cooperate with state and federal prosecutors. That's one hell of a plea deal and that nearly certainly means that what he has turned over to prosecutors from the Southern District of NY against Cohen is incredibly valuable and incriminating.
Freidman pleaded guilty in Albany to one count of evading $50,000 worth of taxes.
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