New insights are likely to emerge into the investigation of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen after a federal judge in New York ordered the release of partially redacted search warrants authorizing last year's searches of Cohen's residences. The redacted warrants are set to be released Tuesday after media organizations sought access to them over the objections of federal prosecutors in Manhattan.
Though the redactions will surely hide the most tantalizing tidbits regarding ongoing investigations spurred by the search, it will likely fill in some details related to the campaign finance violation implicating Donald Trump that Cohen pleaded guilty to. Another possible point of intrigue could be more information related to the firms that paid Cohen exorbitant consulting fees for little-to-no work. All in all, Cohen has pleaded guilty to nine felonies, including tax fraud, bank fraud, campaign finance violations, and lying to Congress about Trump's Moscow real estate project.
"The public interest in the underlying subject matter of the materials—which implicates the integrity of the 2016 presidential election— is substantial," U.S. District Judge William Pauley III wrote in explaining his decision to release the warrants.
Don’t expect the warrants to be a full on feast, but they promise to be a tasty treat to tide you over until the next Trump bombshell.