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MAGA Lawyer Gets Dismantled by His Own Damning Trump Emails

BACKCHANNEL BOB

Prosecutors went through Bob Costello’s emails one by one, undercutting his credibility with each painstaking moment—a fate the defense had hoped for Michael Cohen.

Jose Pagliery
Jose Pagliery 

Political Investigations Reporter

Photograph of Robert “Bob” Costello.
Seth Wenig/AP
Jose Pagliery

Jose Pagliery

Political Investigations Reporter

Jose_Pagliery

jose.pagliery@thedailybeast.com

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