A Russia-linked company that reportedly hired President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump reschedules Tulsa rally after criticism of overlap with Juneteenth New York Times endorses Engel primary challenger Trump campaign manager says 300,000 tickets registered for upcoming rally MORE’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, reportedly registered websites aimed at white nationalists and the alt-right during the 2016 presidential campaign, The Washington Post reported.
Columbus Nova registered several website domains and named them after the alt-right movement, according to the Post.
As the movement grew during the campaign, sites including Alt-right.co, Alternate-right.com, Alternate-rt.com and Alt-rite.com were reportedly registered to the company.
A spokesperson for Columbus Nova told the Post that the company was unaware of the sites before Wednesday, adding that chief executive Andrew Intrater was not acting on behalf of the firm when he registered the websites.
Intrater reportedly used his company email address and listed the organization while creating the sites, however.
It’s unclear whether the websites were ever officially launched, according to the newspaper, which added that they were registered just two days after Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump heads to West Point amid fresh military tensions The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden marks 4th anniversary of Pulse nightclub shooting Former campaign staffers team up on M voter education initiative MORE gave a speech in August 2016 denouncing the movement.
NBC News first reported the website registrations.
Special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s investigators reportedly interviewed Intrater and Russian investment partner Viktor Vekselberg, an oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. NBC has reported that Intrater and Vekselberg are cousins.
The investment firm retained Cohen as a consultant, according to documents released by Stormy Daniels's attorney, Michael Avenatti, on Tuesday. Avenatti suggested $500,000 in payments may have been used to reimburse Cohen’s $130,000 payment to the adult-film star.
Trump admitted last week that he paid back his lawyer for the payment to Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, days before the election to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
Cohen and his businesses are under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, the Post has reported.
