Attorney’s Office in New York to conduct their investigation using search warrants is completely inappropriate and unnecessary,” Ryan said in a statement. Attorney’s office in Manhattan and was based in part on a referral from Mueller, said Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen Ryan. He called Mueller’s investigation “an attack on our country,” prompting new speculation that he might seek the removal of the Justice Department’s special counsel. The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the president, who tweeted that “Attorney-client privilege is dead!”Ī furious Trump, who in the last month has escalated his attacks on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, said Monday from the White House that it was a “disgrace” that the FBI “broke into” his lawyer’s office. Here are some other headlines from around Washington: Trump: Raid on his lawyer abuses attorney-client privilegeįederal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump. The briefing is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m., EST - you can watch it LIVE here on. WASHINGTON – The White House will hold a press briefing Tuesday afternoon with press secretary Sarah Sanders.
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