Politics Michael Cohen 'asked Qatari investor for millions of dollars' which he said he would 'pass to Trump

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen 'asked Qatari investor for millions of dollars' which he said he would 'pass to Trump family members' at Trump Tower meeting - and Qatar's foreign minister was there too

• Donald Trump's personal attorney is facing new claims that he asked for millions in cash after the president's election victory, DailyMail.com can disclose
• Source tells how Qatari investment executive who met Cohen at Trump Tower in December confided that attorney asked for cash for 'Trump family members'
• Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a former diplomat in charge of a $100bn Qatari investment fund, turned down the request, he told the source
• The source said Al-Rumaihi called him after DailyMail.com revealed last week that the Qatari investor was accused of boasting about bribing Mike Flynn
• Al-Rumaihi arrived with Qatar's foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and both went up in an elevator with Cohen
• Al-Rumaihi issued a statement Tuesday confirming he was in Trump Tower in December to meet 'transition officials' but denied meeting Flynn
• His company declined to comment on the allegation about 'millions of dollars'
• Cohen's sales pitch to blue chip companies was: 'I have the best relationship with the president on the outside, and you need to hire me.'
• Cohen's own attorney been contacted for comment but did not provide any response

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Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, is facing claims he asked a Middle Eastern official for millions of dollars to give to 'Trump family members' in a meeting at Trump Tower weeks after the president's election victory, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Cohen is alleged to have asked Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a former diplomat in charge of a $100bn Qatari investment fund, to send 'millions' through him to Trump family members. A source told DailyMail.com that the Qatari said he refused.

Al-Rumaihi on Tuesday issued a statement agreeing that he was at Trump Tower and a source with knowledge of the daysaid that Cohen had 'popped in' briefly to a meeting. Photographs show that he was part of a group greeted by Cohen, who went up in an elevator with them.

DailyMail.com can disclose that the group also included Qatar's foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

The claims of a demand for 'millions' were made by a senior Kuwaiti government source close to Al-Rumaihi.

Last week DailyMail.com revealed that Al-Rumaihi was accused in court documents of boasting about bribing disgraced Trump former aide Michael Flynn, and attempting to bribe Trump's former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon – charges which the investor denies.

The Kuwaiti source told DailyMail.com that following DailyMail.com's disclosure of the court case, Al-Rumaihi called him and boasted that Cohen had asked him for money in exchange for influence in the Trump administration.



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If true, this is very different than Pay To Play. This is soliciting bribes for the President and his family.

This cuts out the charity middleman, at least the Clintons offered a tax deduction for their bribes.

 

Dammit Maris!

 

"Boys will be boys"
"It was just a joke"
"He was acting alone"
"It's not a crime"
"Hillary did far worse"
"No collusion"

Maris, did I miss any?

barfo