A veteran IRS employee was formally indicted Thursday on charges that he leaked banking records of Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, to Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, in May of last year. John C. Fry, 54, faces one count of unauthorized disclosure of so-called suspicious activity reports (SARs), one count of misuse of a computer and one count of illegal use of a Social Security number. COHEN LOBS BOMBS AT TRUMP DURING FIERY HEARING, STOPS SHORT OF COLLUSION CLAIMInvestigators say Fry exchanged messages on WhatsApp with reporter Ronan Farrow, who wrote about the motives behind the leak in an article published May 16. Fry allegedly also told investigators Farrow contacted him to verify information given to him by Avenatti. Fry faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of $750,000 if convicted on all counts.

Source: Fox News March 01, 2019 03:11 UTC