WASHINGTON ― A major law firm that formed a strategic partnership with Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year said the work that Cohen did on behalf of companies that paid him through a shell company was separate from his business with the firm. Squire Patton Boggs, a global law firm with 47 offices in 20 countries, announced an arrangement with Cohen in April 2017 to “advance the interests” of its clients. The partnership, which lasted roughly a year, ended not long after Cohen was raided by the FBI last month. AT&T, the investment firm Columbus Nova, the pharmaceutical company Novartis and Korea Aerospace Industries all paid Cohen’s Essential Consultants LLC, the same shell company that Cohen used to pay off Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claims she had an affair with Trump years ago. Although most of the payments came when Cohen had a partnership with Squire Patton Boggs, the firm said that was separate from the work he did with it.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2018 16:57 UTC