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Trump’s Personal Attorney Moves to Make Stormy Daniels Lawsuit a Federal Case – and Brings in Backup
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen has filed to move his lawsuit brought by adult film actress Stormy Daniels from state to federal court.
The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman tweeted filings on Friday evening that show Cohen filing for the removal from state to federal court, as well as their motion to bring on lawyer Charles Harder.
As the Times‘ Jim Rutenberg noted, the motion marks the first time Trump has formally joined the legal battle against the actress he claimed, through his lawyer, to never have had relations with.
BREAKING, Trump legal team seeks to move Stormy Daniels suit into federal court, Trump formally joins legal wrangling https://t.co/Whpv0wApGl
— jimrutenberg (@jimrutenberg) March 16, 2018
Cohen and team are filing a removal to federal court in LA from state court, latest move to reclaim control in battle with Stormy Daniels. Story TK. @MichaelCohen212 pic.twitter.com/XrpYEAhUhY
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 16, 2018
BREAKING: Attorney Charles Harder is representing Donald Trump in the Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels lawsuit, which EC, LLC, is attempting to remove to federal court. More to come … pic.twitter.com/qn9AuNoDT8
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 16, 2018
Image of Michael Cohen via screenshot
Image of Stormy Daniels by Lukeisback.com via Wikimedia and a CC license
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