U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, asked the Qatari government for at least $1 million in December 2016 in exchange for access or insight into the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Qatar turned down Cohen's offer, made weeks before Trump's inauguration in January 2017, the Post reported, citing several people with knowledge of the situation. Other media outlets also reported Wednesday that Cohen requested money from Ahmed al-Rumaihi, who at the time was head of the investments division of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund.
Reuters could not immediately independently verify the reports. Cohen's attorney, Stephen Ryan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters on the reports.