Cohen subpoenaed by New York investigators looking into the Trump Foundation

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Michael Cohen has been subpoenaed by New York investigators as part of their probe into the Trump Foundation, a spokesman for the state's tax department confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday.

Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to financial crimes, and during an interview on CNN, his attorney, Lanny Davis, said Cohen had information about Trump that would "be of interest both in Washington as well as New York state." Investigators are trying to determine if Trump and his charity broke state law or lied about tax liability.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
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.