IRS agent admits giving Michael Cohen's financial records to Stormy Daniels' lawyer

NBC News ^ | February 21, 2019 | Andrew Blankstein, Tom Winter and Sarah Fitzpatrick

[2ndDivisionVet]

Federal prosecutors say an IRS investigator in California has admitted leaking confidential details of financial transactions by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti, lawyer for Stormy Daniels.

John C. Fry has been charged in federal court with searching for and disseminating Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), reports filed by banks when they note potentially suspicious transactions.

Federal officials say they found telephone records that indicate Fry placed a phone call from his personal cell phone to that of Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti the day before Avenatti released details of Cohen's financial transactions, and the day after.

The federal complaint says Fry verbally admitted providing the information to Avenatti when he was confronted by federal agents.

Via Twitter, Avenatti disseminated information about Cohen's receipt in 2017 of $500,000 from Columbus Nova, a company with ties to a Russian billionaire, as well as payments to a Cohen company called Essential Consultants from other firms who do business with the federal government, including AT&T and aircraft manufacturer.

The Treasury Department's Inspector General's Office announced after Avenatti's disclosure that it would be investigating the source of his information.

[D Rider]

fry Fry

[TLI]

According to the complaint, the SARs were not missing. Instead, two "important" SARs were given restricted access, meaning that they were not available for viewing by registered users in the FinCEN system, including John Fry.

And the penalty for that crime is what, exactly?

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s OK. He didn’t INTEND to do anything wrong.

[rktman]

Indictment in.......3,.........2,....... Oh wait! It’s to hurt PDJT? No charges. Dismissed.

[Fido969]

Was Cohen’s prosecution fruit of a poisonous tree?

[Gay State Conservative]

Any lawyers among us care to weigh in on this?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

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[kearnyirish2]

Deep state attempted coup...

[MtnClimber]

Kohn should pledge to put all .gov democrats in jail for this. There should be SWAT raids on every one.

[stinkerpot65]

Typical Democrat scum.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[FlingWingFlyer]

The IRS is so corrupt. Thanks Obama.

[gaijin]

TWO SYSTEMS

FULL PENSION, NO JAIL TIME

[BradyLS]

Your tax dollars misbehaving...

[grumpygresh]

If he leaks Trumps IRS records, he would get a ticker tape parade in every leftist city.

[hal ogen]

I hope anyone living near this criminal hag shuns her,

[pepsi_junkie]

What about Avenatti? He knew he was receiving information that he wasn’t permitted to have. He needs to be disbarred for all the crap he’s been doing.

[Jmouse007]

Prison for a very long time.

[blueplum]

Avenatti must be feeling a little tight in the shorts. Receipt of stolen intel, coloring the jury with his numerous braggadocios interviews. He should have stuck to racing hotrods.