The following article by Rosalind S. Helderman, Brian Fung and Tom Hamburger was posted on the Washington Post website May 10, 2018:
Three days after President Trump was sworn into office, the telecom giant AT&T turned to his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for help on a wide portfolio of issues pending before the federal government — including the company’s proposed merger with Time Warner, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The documents detail the full scope of Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T and how his contract specified that he would provide advice on the $85 billion merger, which required the approval of federal antitrust regulators. Continue reading “Cohen’s $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger, internal company records show”