AI May Help Find Data in Trump Attorney's Files

U.S. federal prosecutors asked for the right to use AI to sort through the documents removed from Michael Cohen's office in a five-page request to a judge, according to a story in MIT Technology Review. According to CNN, prosecutors are investigating Cohen, the personal attorney for the President, for his payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her alleged affair with Trump out of the news. The FBI also is reviewing emails, tax documents and business records, including communications between Trump and Cohen, for potential fraud. The court appointed Barbara Jones, an independent attorney and retired judge, to review the documents to decide what qualifies as "privileged" material, which will be excluded, according to The Wall Street Journal. The five prosecutors asked for "Technology Assisted Review," or TAR to sort through the files a few days after the seizure.