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Robert Costello's email to son boasting about landing Michael Cohen as client
By Kyle Schnitzer
Robert Costello laughed before reading an email that he sent his son when he was going to represent Michael Cohen.
The email, sent on April 20, 2018, reads:
" 'I will be on the team. It would be an honor to have you part of my team. I will be eternally grateful for the help and guidance you have already given me.' [Signed] Michael Cohen, personal attorney for President Trump.
“This is not public yet so do not say anything to anyone about this," Costello wrote to his son in the email. "I do not know when we will make an announcement but I have been authorized to contact Rudy Giuliani as counsel to President Trump and tell him I will be representing Michael Cohen."
Costello's son replied: “Wow. Thats big news. Congrats Dad. I hope this leads to a lot of good things coming your way.”
Costello told prosecutors he was just using Cohen's language, and that they weren't his words.
“No, I was telling exactly what I told my son in this email, and this is his response to it," Costello said.
This came after prosecutors tried saying that Costello landing Cohen as a client would be a firm booster for him.
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