Federal prosecutors now have 12 audio recordings made by Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

On Friday, federal prosecutors were given 12 audio recordings seized from Michael Cohen, a court filing made public Monday states.

Cohen is President Trump's former personal lawyer, whose home, office, and hotel room were raided by FBI agents in April. Originally, the recordings were deemed privileged, but the filing, made in New York's Southern District Court, said "the parties withdrew their designations of 'privileged,'" meaning prosecutors could listen to them as part of their investigation into Cohen, Politico reports.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.