The FBI seized more than 100 recordings during the raid of Michael Cohen’s office in April that contain discussions that could pertain to Trump and his businesses, two sources told the Washington Post.
It appears that Cohen taped the conversations, some on his iPhone, without informing the other person that their discussion was being recorded.
President Trump’s voice appears on several of the recordings, but mostly in small snippets, like when he is returning a call from Cohen or asking Cohen to call him back on a voicemail, according to the sources.
The sources indicate that the only recorded conversation in which Trump engaged in a substantive conversations was the tape that aired on CNN Tuesday night.
Many of the recordings are of reporters who Cohen met with or who questioned Cohen about Trump during the campaign and after Trump was elected.
Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis said Cohen made a habit of recording conversations.
“Michael Cohen had the habit of using his phone to record conversations instead of taking notes,” Davis said. “He never intended to make use of the recordings and certainly didn’t intend to be deceptive.”
Trump said Wednesday that he had never heard of a lawyer recording his conversations with a client before, and then later using that recording against the client.
“What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So sad! Is this a first, never heard of it before?” Trump tweeted.
