Is the old guard The Swamp trying to take down President Trump by targeting his personal attorney? Was the raid on Michael Cohens office and hotel room a desperate attempt to get something on the president? Special Counsel Robert Mueller cant find collusion and Trumps enemies are desperately trying to find something anything else to nail him with.
Despite the fact that the president oversees the FBI and the DOJ there are many anti-Trump holdovers left in both agencies. Rod Rosenstein for one. Acting as Attorney General since Jeff Sessions recused himself from the probe into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign he signed off on the raid. Many have questioned his loyalty to Trump.
Since Special Counsel Robert Mueller is getting nowhere finding collusion it appears Trumps enemies are turning to porn stars.
The search was done in response to a tip by Mueller in response to Cohens claim that he arranged for payments to two women. The payments bought their silence about their alleged affairs with the married Trump. He said Trump knew nothing about the payments. Asked why Cohen made one of the payments Trump said Michael is my attorney. Youll have to ask Michael." Cohen admits he made the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels but denies Trump had an affair.
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