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Politico digs into this morning’s scream-a-thon:
President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to distance himself from longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen, claiming the New York attorney currently under federal criminal investigation is “really a businessman” who handles only “a tiny, tiny little fraction” of his legal work.
“Let me just tell you, Michael is in business — he is really a businessman, a fairly big business, as I understand it,” Trump told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” in a phone interview. “I don’t know his business, but this doesn’t have to do with me. Michael is a businessman. He has got a business. He also practices law.”
The president insisted he is “not involved” in a pending civil lawsuit brought against Cohen by porn star Stormy Daniels that seeks to void a $130,000 “hush money” deal Cohen allegedly cut to try to suppress her story of a sexual encounter with Trump in advance of the 2016 presidential election.
Thank you @foxandfriends for having Mr. Trump on this morning to discuss Michael Cohen and our case. Very informative.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen previously represented to the American people that Mr. Cohen acted on his own and Mr. Trump knew nothing about the agreement with my client, the $130k payment, etc. As I predicted, that has now been shown to be completely false. #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
Trump just said on Fox & Friends of Cohen:
“Michael would represent me, and represent me on some things. He represents me— like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represented me.”The legal troubles are growing & the stable genius reps himself. Which will take him down 1st?
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) April 26, 2018
Michael Avenatti responds to Trump saying Michael Cohen represented him in the Stormy Daniels deal on @Morning_Joe: “Another gift from the heavens in this case… It’s a hugely damaging admission by the president.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2018
Wait wait wait.
Trump just admitted on Fox and Friends that Michael Cohen represented him in the Stormy Daniels affair? pic.twitter.com/09EQymPTfz
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 26, 2018
Watch Stormy Daniels attorney @MichaelAvenatti react to President Trump’s comments about Michael Cohen and his case in real-time https://t.co/2aFxKEtSsq
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2018
Trump says for first time that Cohen represented him in Stormy Daniels case https://t.co/MCNJ9UEeSI
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2018
Trump admits that Cohen represented him on Stormy Daniels, though the talking point originally from Cohen was that Trump was unaware
— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 26, 2018
Wow. Trump just said only “a tiny fraction” of his interactions with Cohen had to do with legal work.
Does that mean only “a tiny fraction” of the seized documents are protected by attorney client privilege?— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 26, 2018