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'''Michael D. Cohen''' (born August 25, 1966) is as prominent American attorney and longtime personal [[real estate]] lawyer for [[Donald J. Trump]]. Cohen was compromised in a series of [[Fourth Amendment]] violations between 2015 and 2017. Illegal surveillance looking for Russia [[collusion]] only turned up the [[Stormy Daniels]] affair; Cohen's office was raided to seize evidence Cohen collected proving that Trump campaign members' civil rights had been violated by the Obama administration, and to break the attorney-client privilege Trump had with Cohen.

'''Michael D. Cohen''' (born August 25, 1966) is as prominent American attorney and longtime personal [[real estate]] lawyer for [[Donald J. Trump]]. Cohen was compromised in a series of [[Fourth Amendment]] violations between 2015 and 2017. Illegal surveillance looking for Russia [[collusion]] only turned up the [[Stormy Daniels]] affair; Cohen's office was raided to seize evidence Cohen collected proving that Trump campaign members' civil rights had been violated by the Obama administration, and to break the attorney-client privilege Trump had with Cohen.

[[File:FISC-Court-2a.png|right|300px|thumb|''From the April 2017 FISA court ruling:'' improper access of FISA data "seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making."]]

[[File:FISC-Court-2a.png|right|300px|thumb|''From the April 2017 FISA court ruling:'' improper access of FISA data "seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making."]]

The purported evidence against Michael Cohen was gathered by the [[Obama administration]]'s illegal use of [[FISA]] authority. In April 2017 a declassified FISA court ruling revealed that the Obama administration had abused FISA authority.<ref>On April 26, 2017 DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassified a FISA court ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ systematically practiced during Obama's time in office. The FISA court ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA system. According to the court, Obama’s FBI and DOJ routinely performed searches on Americans that violated [[Fourth Amendment]] rights beginning in 2011. The court ruling stated that the improper access of FISA data "seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making."<br>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Memorandum Opinion and Order], April 26, 2017, pp. 78-93.</ref>  

The purported evidence against Michael Cohen was gathered by the [[Obama administration]]'s illegal use of [[FISA]] authority. A declassified [[FISA court]] ruling revealed that the Obama administration had abused FISA authority.<ref>On April 26, 2017 DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassified a FISA court ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ systematically practiced during Obama's time in office. The FISA court ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA system. According to the court, Obama’s FBI and DOJ routinely performed searches on Americans that violated [[Fourth Amendment]] rights beginning in 2011. The court ruling stated that the improper access of FISA data "seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making."<br>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Memorandum Opinion and Order], April 26, 2017, pp. 78-93.</ref>  

As of May 2018, the ongoing [[Mueller investigation]] was a transfer of authority and continuation of the illegal counterintelligence investigation begun against Trump in 2016,<ref>The [[Carter Page]] warrant was granted under FISA Title I authority, the most intrusive, exhaustive and far reaching type of search, seizure and surveillance authority, permitting the FBI to look at every aspect of a target's life. Under the two-hop rule, all communication, travel and contacts of a target can be opened and reviewed.  All aspects of any of the target's engagements and their contacts are subject to being secretly monitored. The authority is only granted by the FISA court when the [[Department of Justice]] represents the target as an agent of a foreign power, member of a terrorist organization, weapons smuggling group, or drug cartel. The law requires notification to Congress if the target is an American citizen.</ref> only the names of investigators have changed from [[Lisa Page]], [[Peter Strzok]], Bruce Ohr, etc., to Robert Mueller, Aaron Zelby, [[Andrew Weissmann]], etc.  Although the illegal surveillance never found evidence of Russian collusion, it did stumble upon embarrassing nuggets like [[Stormy Daniels]] which the investigators will continue to [[leak]] out, drip by drip, to influence the Midterm elections and beyond. This is the "insurance policy".

As of May 2018, the ongoing [[Mueller investigation]] was a transfer of authority and continuation of the illegal counterintelligence investigation begun against Trump in 2016,<ref>The [[Carter Page]] warrant was granted under FISA Title I authority, the most intrusive, exhaustive and far reaching type of search, seizure and surveillance authority, permitting the FBI to look at every aspect of a target's life. Under the two-hop rule, all communication, travel and contacts of a target can be opened and reviewed.  All aspects of any of the target's engagements and their contacts are subject to being secretly monitored. The authority is only granted by the FISA court when the [[Department of Justice]] represents the target as an agent of a foreign power, member of a terrorist organization, weapons smuggling group, or drug cartel. The law requires notification to Congress if the target is an American citizen.</ref> only the names of investigators have changed from [[Lisa Page]], [[Peter Strzok]], Bruce Ohr, etc., to Robert Mueller, Aaron Zelby, [[Andrew Weissmann]], etc.  Although the illegal surveillance never found evidence of Russian collusion, it did stumble upon embarrassing nuggets like [[Stormy Daniels]] which the investigators will continue to [[leak]] out, drip by drip, to influence the Midterm elections and beyond. This is the "insurance policy".