Swiss Won’t Investigate Novartis Over Payments to Cohen
- ‘Insufficient suspicion,’ says Swiss federal prosecutors
- Payments made to Trump’s lawyer were a ‘mistake:’ Novartis
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Switzerland’s top prosecutor won’t open criminal proceedings against Novartis AG over payments the Basel-based drugmaker made to Michael Cohen, the troubled lawyer for Donald Trump.
After an in-depth analysis, the Office of the Attorney-General decided there was “insufficient suspicion to justify opening criminal proceedings” it said in a statement on Wednesday. The Swiss prosecutors said they consulted with the Basel Prosecutor’s Office in Novartis’s hometown, and failed to find sufficient grounds to proceed with charges into the allegations of bribery of a foreign public official or private individual.