DOJ Sat on Cohen Records For Years—Then Dumped Them on Trump

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Donald Trump's upcoming Manhattan trial over his Stormy Daniels hush money coverup was unceremoniously delayed last week when federal prosecutors suddenly dumped 200,000 pages worth of evidence at his request.

But what was unknown—until now—is that the Justice Department had been holding back similar records from public disclosure for years.

The surprise decision by federal prosecutors at the Southern District of New York, which worked on a previous iteration of this investigation before Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg picked up the baton, has thrown the case into chaos just weeks before the trial.

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