Judge rejects attempt by Trump, Cohen to view seized documents ahead of prosecutors

Michael Cohen.
(Image credit: EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A federal judge on Monday rejected requests by President Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to look at documents seized from Cohen before prosecutors see them.

Cohen has worked for Trump for more than a decade, and he's now the subject of a criminal investigation. Last week, FBI agents raided his home, office, and hotel room, and prosecutors have not yet been given the seized files.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.