President Trump’s legal team is declaring victory, as a federal judge said in a court order Wednesday that the investigation of hush-money payments arranged by Michael Cohen – which Cohen claims were at Trump’s direction – has come to an end. “We are pleased that the investigation surrounding these ridiculous campaign finance allegations is now closed,” Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow said in a statement. “Now that the investigation into the criminal campaign finance violations has ended, Trump (aka Individual 1) should be promptly indicted. The New York investigation included the execution of search warrants on Cohen’s home, hotel room, office, safe deposit box, and electronic devices. MATT GAETZ SAYS PROBE OF TWEET ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN SHOWS DEMS' 'DOUBLE STANDARD'Documents related to the searches of Cohen’s email and iCloud accounts were unsealed with redactions in May.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 17:31 UTC