Newark/New York/Los Angeles — Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, began the week as an embattled fixer who had paid adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep silent about her claims of having had sex with Trump more than a decade ago. By the end of the day on Monday, Cohen faced an ominous future after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided his office, home and hotel room in New York as part of an investigation into possible financial crimes. Cohen was under investigation for bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, the Washington Post reported. Agents seized records related to the $130,000 Cohen paid Daniels, and took his computer, phone and personal financial records from his New York office, the paper said. "I think it’s very likely that they will be looking at the source of that money paid to Stormy Daniels, and any other women," said Mimi Rocah, a former federal prosecutor in New York. The searches were executed by FBI agents afte...
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