Guy on twitter claiming Avenatti MAY have used the wrong Michael Cohen. May be something, may be nothing.
More from his twitter:
Email reads in part: “Please note that I am not the said Michael Cohen. I am a Canadian international consultant residing in Ottawa, Canada. The payment from Actuarial Partners was for legitimate work...”
“I would greatly appreciate it if you were to correct this error forthwith and make it known publicly that there is no connection between myself and Actuarial Partners and your action against the New York attorney with whom I share a name.”
“You are surely aware of the fact that this is an extremely common name and would request that you take care before involving innocent parries in this sordid affair.”
I do believe it is appropriate for @MichaelAvenatti to respond to this immediately.
I want to be clear about what this is: An email by a man claiming to be named Michael Cohen to Avenatti that was forwarded to me by Actuarial Partners. This is not definitive proof, this is a rebuttal. Both sides need to be heard.
Now I just got an email from Canadian Michael Cohen. He is currently in Tanzania but tells me "I will deal with this tomorrow, it will be good to straighten all this out." and he signed the email, "Best wishes, Michael Cohen (no relation to Trump’s lawyer!)"
It now appears that the Israeli payment and the Malaysian payment listed in Avenatti's document were sent to a different Michael Cohen. Mistaken identity.