Trump's biggest nightmare in the Russia investigation may be about to come true
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- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, may be poised to cooperate with prosecutors in the Manhattan US attorney's office.
- In addition to being the target of the New York federal investigation, Cohen is also a key player in several threads of the Russia investigation.
- "Multiple reports have indicated that Trump and his associates were nervous about the prospect of Cohen flipping," said one former federal prosecutor. "Now it may be happening."
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President Donald Trump was furious when it surfaced in April that the FBI had raided the property of his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen. Soon after, people in Trump's orbit began actively discussing the possibility that Cohen would flip.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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