Michael Cohen cooperates in investigation to find out if Trump Organization falsified records



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Michael Cohen, former personal advocate of President Donald Trump, leaves the US Capitol after testifying before a closed House Intelligence Committee hearing at Capitol Hill, Washington, on February 28, 2019.

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Michael Cohen agreed to cooperate in an investigation into whether the Trump Organization had falsified his business records, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.

Cohen has signed a deal of complicity with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which is investigating the Trump organization, the source said. The agreement states that he will collaborate with the office in his investigation.

The investigation could result in fines against the Trump organization or Allen Weisselberg, who was running the affairs of the organization.

On August 20, representatives of the prosecutor's office went to meet Cohen at the Otisville Prison in upstate New York, where he was serving a three-year sentence of imprisonment after pleaded guilty to campaigning offenses related to the payment of chichis to two women who claimed that had business with Trump before taking office, the source told NBC News.

Cohen, former personal advocate of President Donald Trump, claims that the Trump organization owes him a million dollars in fees resulting from lawsuits and criminal investigations.

In August, Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, announced that he would be assigning Trump and other associates to prove that the Trump organization had not honored their promise to pay these legal bills.

Dan Mangan of CNBC contributed to this report.

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