Zero Hedge: Treasury Launches Probe How Cohen's Bank Records Were Leaked To Stormy Daniels' Lawyer
When we commented earlier on the latest document leak involving Stormy Daniels' lawyer and former Rahm Emanuel opposition researcher, Michael Avenatti, who "somehow" had gotten access to Michael Cohen's wire transfer documents obtained by Richard Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian collusion, we asked just how it was possible that this critical piece of Mueller's probe had been strategically leaked to the man who is now leading the legal charge against President Trump.
It appears we were not the only ones to ask that question because less than a day after Avenatti unveiled he had access to Cohen's bank records...
After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k payment.— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 8, 2018
... the WaPo reported that the Treasury Department’s inspector general has begun an investigation whether and how the confidential banking information for Essential Consultants LLC, the company controlled by President Trump’s personal attorney, was leaked.
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WNU Editor: After a year of continuous leaks that have been linked to the Mueller Commission .... it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that this one is also probably coming from them. The big difference now is that someone is actually going to investigate for the first time where these leaks are coming from, and doing what Robert Mueller had promised to do last year (which he did not). This could be very interesting. The U.S. Treasury department is independent from the Department of Justice .... and they have a lot of power when it comes to cases like this.
