BuzzFeed Publishes Documents “Recovered From Michael Cohen’s Shredder”

Buzzfeed has published documents recovered from Michael Cohen’s shredder.

BUZZFEED GETS SHREDDED DOCS… https://t.co/M6jI9Zsvvr

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 2, 2018

According to the Buzzfeed article:

When the Department of Justice announced this month that investigators had pieced together records found in a shredder belonging to the president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, critics, legal experts, and journalists feverishly speculated about what they might contain.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels and Cohen’s devoted nemesis, tweeted that the shredded documents could be a “huge problem.” MSNBC host Ari Melber devoted a large part of his program in May to the shredded documents and suggested that “something is going down.” Asha Rangappa, a former FBI agent and CNN analyst, tweeted: “This is not going to end well for the defense.”

Now, BuzzFeed News has obtained documents reconstructed by the FBI. A close examination shows that the records are a combination of documents that prosecutors already had, handwritten notes about a taxi business, insurance papers, and correspondence from a woman described in court filings as a “vexatious litigant” who claims she is under government surveillance.

Here’s MY question.

Why the HELL does Buzzfeed have access to FBI-reconstructed evidence in an active investigation?

Notably – Buzzfeed was also first to publish the now-infamous “Russian Dossier.”

The internet is going WILD with speculation:

BREAKING: BuzzFeed says that they have obtained FBI leaked documents that were obtained in raid on Michael Cohen's apartment. These were a few from the shredder that were pieced back together.

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— Trad American Angel™ (@RightWingAngel) July 2, 2018

Buzzfeed has obtained the documents recovered from Michael Cohen’s shredder

Included is an invitation to a reception in Miami to meet with business representatives from Qatar & wire transfer of $62,500 from Elliott Broidyhttps://t.co/2vUHvYoQ6l

— Adrienne Cobb (@ImagineWorldas1) July 2, 2018

Also, Cohen may have leaked them. We already know Trump leaks docs, then blames Mueller or FBI. It wouldn’t be surprising if Cohen leaked it. Mueller has ran an airtight operation with zero leaks. Zero.

— Nathan Fletcher (@NathanF817) July 2, 2018

Right. Cohen shredded them, and then scotch taped them back together. Then he shredded them again, the FBI siezed the pieces, scotch taped them back together, and then Cohen leaked his reconstruction to buzzfeed. And that's where we stand today.

That's pretty plausible.

— J_Wizzles (@j_wizzles) July 2, 2018

But…

Someone from the FBI or the Mueller investigation leaked documents reconstructed from the shredder of Michael Cohen. This illegal act just reinforces how political the investigation into @realDonaldTrump is. Not a shred of collusion evidence in the docs. https://t.co/6lobCWNy9N

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 2, 2018

This whole thing is very odd.

– Cohen has not been charged with a crime, yet is whole life has been inspected by federal agents.

– None of the documents released by Buzzfeed appear to show any wrongdoing. https://t.co/AKu6dWlyb3

— Daniel (@NYCEsquired) July 2, 2018

I can’t even keep up with all this garbage anymore.

It’s dirty. All of it.