IRS analyst charged with leaking Cohen's financial records to Avenatti

The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) analyst for illegally disclosing financial reports related to President Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen.

Fry allegedly provided the documents to Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against Trump and Cohen.

Prosecutors said Fry, who worked in San Francisco as an investigative analyst for the IRS's law enforcement arm, logged on to his work computer in May 2018 and conducted searches for records related to Cohen. According to the complaint, Fry downloaded five SARs, including one related to a bank account for Essential Consultants LLC. Fry then allegedly contact Avenatti with the information.