The F.B.I. raided the office and hotel room of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Monday, seizing business records, emails and documents related to several topics, including payments to a pornographic film actress.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating Mr. Cohen for possible bank fraud, and the documents identified in the warrant date back years, according to a person briefed on the search.

The prosecutors obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary.” The search does not appear to be directly related to Mr. Mueller’s investigation, but most likely resulted from information that he had uncovered and gave to prosecutors in New York.

“Today the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients,” said Stephen Ryan, his lawyer. “I have been advised by federal prosecutors that the New York action is, in part, a referral by the office of special counsel, Robert Mueller.”

Mr. Trump reacted angrily to the raid. “It’s a disgraceful situation,” he told reporters at the White House before a meeting with military leaders. He added, “I have this witch hunt constantly going on.”

The payments to the pornographic film actress, Stephanie Clifford, who is known as Stormy Daniels, are only one of many topics being investigated, according to a person briefed on the search. The F.B.I. also seized emails, tax documents and business records, the person said. Agents raided space Mr. Cohen uses in the Rockefeller Center office of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, as well as a room Mr. Cohen is staying at the Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue while his apartment is under renovation, the person said.

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So what's my business with this news as a Nigerian?

Wonder what's pushing Mueller

IdeyFindWife:
Wonder what's pushing Mueller

Finding the truth is what's pushing Director Mueller.

Abbeybailey:
Finding the truth is what's pushing Director Mueller.

Yeah, it's scarily beautiful watching institutions of government working in an environment where rule of law actually means something.

The experience would have been far different if it were in Nigeria where the Constitution doesn't seem to count for sh1t.

I pray Nigeria (either whole or divided) gets to experience this some day.

You are absolutely spot on. It's the essence of Democracy. The government needs to fear her citizens to preserve Democracy. I sincerely believe that critiqueing your government is the highest form of patriotism. Hopefully, Nigeria will get there one day.

IdeyFindWife:

Yeah, it's scarily beautiful watching institutions of government working in an environment where rule of law actually means something.

The experience would have been far different if it were in Nigeria where the Constitution doesn't seem to count for sh1t.

I pray Nigeria (either whole or divided) gets to experience this some day.