Cohen received 4,205 votes and was defeated by Democratic candidate Eva S. In 2003, he unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for the New York City Council from the Fourth Council District (a Manhattan district). He was also an intern for Congressman Joe Moakley and voted for Barack Obama in 2008, although he later stated that he became disappointed with Obama. Politics Ĭohen volunteered for the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis. In 2015, Cohen purchased an Upper East Side apartment building for $58 million. After this was reported by McClatchy DC in October 2017, Cohen said that all four properties were purchased by an American-owned "New York real estate family fund" that paid cash for the properties in order to obtain a tax deferred (Section 1031) exchange, but did not specifically identify the buyer. Cohen sold the four properties at above their assessed values, in all-cash transactions, to LLCs owned by persons whose identities are not public. The total purchase price of the four buildings was $11 million and the total sales price was $32 million. Ĭohen has been involved in real estate ventures in Manhattan, including the purchase and sale of four apartment buildings between 20. Between April and June 2017, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance filed seven tax warrants against Cohen and his wife for $37,434 in unpaid taxi taxes due to the MTA. Until April 2017, another "taxi king", disbarred attorney and convicted felon Gene Freidman, managed the medallions still held by Cohen this arrangement ended after the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission decided not to renew Freidman's licenses. As of 2017, Cohen was estimated to own at least 34 taxi medallions through 17 limited liability companies (LLCs). At the time, Cohen was a business partner in the taxi business with "taxi king" Simon Garber. and a fleet of New York City taxicabs numbering over 200. The guide listed him as co-owner of Taxi Funding Corp. In 2003, Cohen was a candidate for New York City Council when he provided a biography to the New York City Campaign Finance Board for inclusion in its voters' guide. Following his 2018 felony convictions, Cohen was automatically disbarred in New York. He practiced law at the firm for about a year before joining The Trump Organization. In 2006, Cohen was a partner at the law firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon. As of 2003, he was an attorney in private practice and CEO of MLA Cruises, Inc., and of the Atlantic Casino. Career Legal career Ĭohen began practicing personal injury law in New York in 1992, working for Melvyn Estrin in Manhattan. He attended Woodmere Academy and received his BA from American University in 1988 and his JD from Thomas M. His mother was a nurse, and his father, a Holocaust survivor, was a surgeon. Ĭohen was raised in the town of Lawrence on Long Island, New York. In November 2018, Cohen entered a second guilty plea for lying to a Senate committee about efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Cohen said he violated campaign-finance laws at the direction of Trump and "for the principal purpose of influencing" the 2016 presidential election. The investigation led Cohen to plead guilty on August 21, 2018, to eight counts including campaign finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud. Trump employed Cohen until May 2018, a year after the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections began. He reported to the federal prison near Otisville, New York, on May 6, 2019. On February 26, 2019, he was disbarred from practicing law in the state of New York by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. On December 12, 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to tax evasion and campaign-finance violations.
From 2017 to 2018, Cohen was deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee. He served as co-president of Trump Entertainment and was a board member of the Eric Trump Foundation, a children's health charity. Cohen was a vice-president of the Trump Organization, and the personal counsel to Trump, and was often described by media as Trump's " fixer".
president Donald Trump from 2006 to 2018. Michael Dean Cohen (born August 25, 1966) is an American former lawyer who served as an attorney for former U.S.
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