Trump: Michael Cohen Represented Me On ‘Crazy Stormy Daniels Deal’

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 16: Michael Cohen leaves Federal Court after his hearing on the FBI raid of his hotel room and office on April 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 16: Michael Cohen, longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court after his hearing at the United States District Court Southern District of New York Apr... NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 16: Michael Cohen, longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, leaves Federal Court after his hearing at the United States District Court Southern District of New York April 16, 2018 in New York City. Cohen and lawyers representing President Trump are asking the court to block Justice Department officials from reading documents and materials related to his Cohen's relationship with President Trump that they believe should be protected by attorney-client privilege. Officials with the FBI, armed with a search warrant, raided Cohen's office and two private residences last week. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In an appearance on Fox and Friends Thursday morning, Trump said that his personal attorney Michael Cohen only took on a small percentage of his legal work, but conceded that Cohen did represent him in the “crazy Stormy Daniels deal.”

In the days before the 2016 election, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump. When the FBI raided Cohen’s office and home in April, agents reportedly took documents related to the payment.

Michael Avenatti, Daniels’ media-savvy lawyer, quickly tweeted a response to the President’s appearance on the Fox News program.


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  1. This is BIG, like Lester Holt admission big…chump cannot stay away from Faux News or his damn twitter account long enough to keep burying himself. Keep it up, fool.

    My two cents.

  2. It is getting harder and harder for Potus to fabricate a scenario where he can claim ignorance, attorney client privilege, distance from Cohen’s business dealings, no affair - all while keeping Cohen happy so he doesn’t flip. I don’t think even the consummate liar in chief is up to the task.

  3. The very stable genius president stuffs both feet in his mouth and pulls the trigger.

  4. If she’s so crazy, how did she get your personal lawyer to pay her $130K and now he’s pleading the 5th? We can only imagine what you promised Putin for the DNC cyber files. You, yourself, are one wild and crazy guy, Donald J. Trump.

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