MAJOR UPDATE: NBC NEWS HAS CORRECTED THIS STORY!
There is no wiretap. Click here for the correction!
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It’s possible that a phone call to Trump was intercepted after federal investigators tapped Michael Cohen’s phones in the weeks leading up the raid on his home and businesses:
NBC NEWS – Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who is under investigation for a payment he made to an adult film star who alleged she had an affair with Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen.
It is not clear how long the wiretap has been authorized, but NBC News has learned it was in place in the weeks leading up to the raids on Cohen’s offices, hotel room, and home in early April, according to one person with direct knowledge.
At least one phone call between a phone line associated with Cohen and the White House was intercepted, the person said.
Previously, federal prosecutors in New York have said in court filings that they have conducted covert searches on multiple e-mail accounts maintained by Cohen.
Spokespeople for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI in New York declined comment.
After the raid, members of Trump’s legal team advised the president not to speak to Cohen, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
Two sources close to Trump’s newest attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, say he learned that days after the raid the president had made a call to Cohen, and told Trump never to call again out of concern the call was being recorded by prosecutors.
I see liberals celebrating and Trump supporters outraging over this news report on Twitter. I’m not sure of the legal ramifications, but I can’t imagine the White House is going to be all too happy that it was caught up in a wiretap. And being that this occurred on Jeff Session’s watch, it may not be good for him either.