Flanked by John Bolton and his generals, Donald Trump raged about the FBI raid on Michael Cohen. In his stream of vitriol, he managed to mention Hillary Clinton a couple of times and the “harrible things” she has done. What are those things, again? At one point Trump tells the press, “It’s an attack on our… Continue reading “Trump rages about Cohen raid: ‘It’s an attack on our country’” →

BREAKING: FBI raids office of President Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, his lawyer says.

Watch @DeadlineWH for live coverage. pic.twitter.com/YRtsyz3D6k

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 9, 2018

Vanity Fair is reporting that the FBI raided Michael Cohen's hotel room at the Loews Regency in New York.

"A handful of them remained upstairs for several hours, according to a source familiar with the situation."https://t.co/nWEW0fFNUN

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 9, 2018

JUST IN: President Trump has been watching TV reports of the FBI raiding the office of Michael Cohen, his longtime lawyer and confidant, a White House official tells @jeffzeleny https://t.co/flG4uDokat pic.twitter.com/TPwNYy3JRe

— CNN (@CNN) April 9, 2018

Fox now blaming news of the FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office for "almost 400 points erased from what was a magnificent rally" in the stock market. pic.twitter.com/XpZtxbMMAO

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) April 9, 2018

This doesn’t mean Mueller never found anything of interest, by the way. It just means Rosenstein thought this was something the NY feds should handle. Getting a warrant to seize a lawyer’s records is highly unusual and indicates they have proof of crimes.

And of course it means these are crimes Trump can’t pardon.