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Trump, Inc.

The Company Michael Cohen Kept

Trump, Inc.

WNYC Studios

Don, Trump, News, Business, Jared, Ivanka, Jr, Politics, Business News, Government, Eric

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Long before Donald Trump’s attorney paid Stormy Daniels or had his office raided by the FBI, a pattern was established: The associates of Michael Cohen often land in legal trouble.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Queens, New York, a warehouse district just across the East River from Manhattan.

0:05.3

Here I am.

0:07.3

One story brick building.

0:08.9

This is where Michael Cohen, now the president's lawyer, practiced law for many, many years.

0:15.7

It's kind of a dingy corner.

0:19.4

Where's the door?

0:22.6

Before Donald Trump, there was another man in Michael Cohen's life.

0:26.3

His name is Simon Garber, and this squat building is his office.

0:30.6

An office they shared.

0:32.3

Inside, everything is taxi cab yellow.

0:34.6

There are posters of hockey players and a large framed photo of a famous New York rabbi.

0:39.5

There seems to be just one person around, a woman in a cubicle.

0:42.3

Did Michael Cohen used to be here?

0:45.6

The lawyer of Michael Cohen?

0:48.1

In the taxi industry, Garber is considered a major player.

0:51.8

He owns medallions, which are licenses for cabs to pick up fares on the streets of New

0:55.9

York.

0:56.9

He's had taxi companies in Chicago and Moscow too, and a commercial.

1:01.0

Yellow car, taboon, jiles, and congee.

1:04.2

Picture a man with shiny hair who wears a suit with a pocket square.

1:08.9

His camera face is confident.

1:11.1

The screen dissolves from an animated herd of horses, stampeding through the streets,

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