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Report: Ford ‘Rebuffed’ Michael Cohen’s Consultancy Requests

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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has reportedly asked Ford for communications and documents.

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Ford Motor Company rebuffed Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s efforts to “provide consulting services,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators have reportedly asked Ford to provide communications and documents relating to those conversations. According to the WSJ, Mueller’s team has also interviewed Ziad Ojakli, Ford’s government affairs chief. Cohen’s firm, Essential Consultants LLC, was used for making a $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges that she had an affair with the president.

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