LAWSUIT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit against the Trump Organization on Thursday, claiming his former employer owes him millions of dollars in unpaid legal and court fees related to federal investigations that stem from Cohen’s work on the president’s behalf. In a lawsuit filed in the state of New York, Cohen alleges that the Trump Organization has refused to pay his attorneys since last summer, around the time Cohen publicly agreed to cooperate in a federal investigation into the president. Cohen says the company breached an indemnification agreement it had entered into with Cohen as part of his former role as the company’s executive vice president and special counsel, and his work as Trump’s personal attorney. Cohen last year pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, tax fraud and a campaign finance violation he says was committed on Trump’s behalf during the 2016 campaign. Cohen begins a three-year prison sentence for the charges in May. Cohen’s suit deepens the schism between him and his former boss, who after initially defending Cohen has eviscerated him in public comments and on social media. Trump has called him a ‘rat’ and a ‘liar’ and leveled threats and accusations against him on Twitter as a result of Cohen’s cooperation with investigators.”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for unpaid legal bills,” Politico, March 7, 2019 2:21 pm