Michael Cohen FBI Raids Office of Trump's Attorney

4/9/2018 1:22 PM PDT

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imagePresident Trump[1]'s attorney was raided by the FBI Monday ... and the operation was put in motion by none other than Special Counsel Robert Mueller[2].

We've confirmed federal agents swooped into Michael Cohen's NYC office with a search warrant, and seized thousands of documents related to Mueller's Russia investigation. They also reportedly grabbed records of Cohen's $130,000 payment[3] to Stormy Daniels[4]

Cohen's attorney says the feds got the search warrant based on a referral from Mueller.

The seized docs include communications between Cohen and President Trump ... according to the NY Times[5], which first reported the raid.

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