US senators launch probe of Novartis’ payments to Trump lawyer

Novartis headquarters in Basel, Switzerland

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Congress demands info from Novartis about its $1.2m in outflows to Michael Cohen, just as it was negotiating payments for its cancer drug

Democratic leaders on two key Senate committees have initiated a congressional probe of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis’ $1.2 million payment to the shell company of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and so-called ‘fixer’.