Trump Fixer Cohen Paid by Kazakh Bank for Post-Election Work
- BTA Bank says it has shared information with prosecutors
- Bank lawyer confirms Cohen’s testimony to Congress Wednesday
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Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank JSC paid Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen to help recover stolen money allegedly laundered in the U.S. and has spoken with American prosecutors probing Cohen’s activities, a lawyer for the bank said, confirming part of Cohen’s congressional testimony.
BTA entered into a contract with Cohen in 2017, after Trump became president, but he “did absolutely nothing of value,” Matthew L. Schwartz, the bank’s attorney, said Wednesday in a statement. Cohen was hired as a consultant because he was rumored to have “the best legal resources” and could “assemble a winning team,” Schwartz said.