The president’s onetime personal lawyer said the company breached its commitment to pay him more than $1.9 million in attorneys’ fees, as well as $1.9 million he has been ordered to pay as part of his sentence for crimes committed while working for Donald Trump.
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 7 at 2:05 PM Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, is suing the Trump Organization for failing to reimburse him millions of dollars for his legal fees, fines and other costs.
“All of these amounts were subject to the Trump Organization’s indemnification agreement,” the lawsuit states. Cohen wrote to the Trump Organization in late January 2019 requesting that it reimburse him for all outstanding amounts, but he received no reply, according to the court filing.A lawyer for the Trump Organization disputed that there was ever a contract between Cohen and the company over his legal fees, written or oral. “It’s an act of desperation,” the lawyer said. He asked not to be named because he was speaking about pending litigation.
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