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    Trump’s lawyer pitched himself as a fixer to Novartis and got paid $1.2 million

    Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen called Novartis's CEO promising access to the president and members of his inner circle. Then-CEO Joe Jimenez instructed his team to reach a deal with…
    by Ed Silverman May 09, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: Photo Illustration: Dom Smith/STAT; Photos: Yana Paskova/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images, AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas

    The curious relationship between one of the world’s biggest drug makers and President Trump’s personal lawyer began early last year when Michael Cohen, a longtime fixer for the president, reached out to Novartis’s then-chief executive officer Joe Jimenez, promising help gaining access to Trump and influential officials in the new administration, according to an employee inside Novartis familiar with the matter.

    Jimenez took the

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