Michael Cohen’s Office Got Raided, And *Suddenly* Karen McDougal’s Lawsuit Got Resolved. SO WEIRD!

Karen McDougal has been freed from her agreement with the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc. (AMI).

Last week, Michael Cohen’s office, home and hotel room were raided by the FBI, who seized documents relating to McDougal’s suit against AMI. And suddenly the prospect of being deposed by McDougal’s lawyers about a federal criminal investigation and an FEC complaint became a lot less attractive. Guess AMI’s CEO David Pecker, Trump’s longtime buddy, would rather stay home and comb his mustache than give sworn testimony on how this whole McDougal deal went down. Weird, huh?

And:

A.M.I. also spoke with Mr. Cohen about Ms. McDougal, though it says it did so only as part of its reporting process.

[Counsel to Karen McDougal, Peter K.] Stris said that before reaching the settlement, he was prepared to answer A.M.I.’s motion to dismiss Ms. McDougal’s case with a request for a limited version of pretrial discovery. The move, compelling both sides to share emails and other records, could have provided information that would not be available through the material the F.B.I. seized from Mr. Cohen. An A.M.I. lawyer, Cameron Stracher, said that he doubted the request would have succeeded, and that avoiding discovery was not a motivating factor in the settlement.

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And speaking of AMAZING COINCIDENCES, this morning Michael Cohen decided he just doesn’t feel like suing Buzzfeed for defamation over the Steele Dossier anymore. He’d like to let bygones be bygones, out of the generosity of his heart. And if Judge Otero would let him postpone the Stormy Daniels case and not make him give sworn depositions on stuff the FBI is looking into, that would be great! That hearing is set for tomorrow afternoon.

Also, too, Michael Cohen is definitely not crapping his ugly plaid pants in fear and will not be telling his story to the feds real soon. NOPE. NO WAY.