While Special Counsel Robert Mueller referred information about Michael Cohen to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who passed it on to federal prosecutors in New York, Mueller did not stop investigating the president's longtime personal lawyer.
CNBC:
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team continued to ask witnesses questions about Michael Cohen's involvement in the Trump campaign weeks after federal investigators raided the office and hotel room of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
The special counsel's investigators also asked these witnesses about whether Cohen conducted personal business while working as an employee of the Trump Organization and for insight on why he didn't get a job in the Trump White House.
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Cohen did not have a formal role with the Trump campaign, but he often appeared in the media as a surrogate for Trump.
The special counsel continued asking witnesses about Cohen into at least May, according to sources. In June, Ukrainian politician Andrii Artemenko, who testified before a grand jury in the Mueller probe, told ABC News that he believed Mueller's team was still interested in Cohen.
"My personal opinion is that Michael Cohen is the target of this investigation," Artemenko said in the interview. "I can't share with you the details of the questions, but from my understanding, they're keeping going with this investigation."
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There is increasing curiosity about the nature of what information Cohen could offer Mueller. In a Washington Post story published Sunday, his lawyer Davis walked back earlier claims he made to various media outlets that Cohen has information to share that Trump knew about Russia's efforts to torpedo Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. "I should have been more clear — including with you — that I could not independently confirm what happened," Davis told the Post. "I regret my error."
According to other former Trump employees, Cohen's closeness with the president could be seen as a gateway to pivotal information for investigators – particularly when it comes to the business dealings of the Trump Organization and any possible agreements it made with foreign banks.