The New York Times reports:
Federal authorities began investigating the email accounts of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, as early as July 2017, only months after Mr. Trump took office, according to documents unsealed on Tuesday.
The emails, dating back to January 2016, were sought by the office of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel conducting the Russia investigation, the documents show. Hundreds of pages of documents about the inquiry into Mr. Cohen were released in response to a request by The New York Times and other media organizations.
Lanny J. Davis, a lawyer for Michael Cohen, said in a statement on Monday night that the release furthered Mr. Cohen’s “interest in continuing to cooperate and providing information and the truth about Donald Trump and the Trump organization to law enforcement and Congress.”
Mueller team was allowed by a federal judge to review years of Michael Cohen’s emails and other online data from the time he worked under Donald Trump, according to newly unsealed warrants used in his case in Manhattan federal court, per @kpolantz https://t.co/y8AngkhVnK
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 19, 2019
Man, Mueller’s team immediately went after Cohen. First search warrant was July 2017.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 19, 2019
This is the affidavit behind the handoff from Mueller to SDNY. https://t.co/ROJUg89MVW
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 19, 2019
It shows that by July 18, 2017, Mueller had PC that Cohen was acting as the Agent of a Foreign Government. pic.twitter.com/WWmxdb1AyG
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 19, 2019