Tag Archives: Michael Cohen

Talking Points Memo reports: The law firm representing Michael Cohen — which this week fought in court to shield communications between Cohen and President Trump from government investigators — has received payments from President Trump’s re-election campaign. The payments to the law firm by Trump’s campaign could ultimately complicate any efforts by Robert Mueller’s team to win Cohen’s cooperation in …

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: The ties between President Donald Trump’s embattled personal lawyer Michael D. Cohen and Chicago’s taxicab industry go deeper than previously known. Over the past eight months, Cohen’s father-in-law has given at least $20 million in loans to Yasya Shtayner, records examined by the Chicago Sun-Times show. Her family owns Chicago Medallion Management Corp., which manages 368 …

The Washington Post reports: The phone calls between President Trump and Sean Hannity come early in the morning or late at night, after the Fox News host goes off the air. They discuss ideas for Hannity’s show, Trump’s frustration with the ongoing special counsel probe and even, at times, what the president should tweet, according to people familiar with the …

USA Today reports: President Trump prepared for the second day of a Japan summit by tweeting Wednesday about Stormy Daniels, mocking the new police sketch of a man she says threatened her in 2011. Trump’s comment accompanied the re-tweet of a Twitter user — “Deplorably Scottish” — who said the sketch resembled Daniels’ ex-husband. Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, …

Moments ago Stormy Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti appeared on The View where they displayed a “composite sketch” of the man who allegedly threatened to murder Daniels if she didn’t stop talking about her affair with Glorious Leader. After showing the sketch, Avenatti announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the man’s identification. Avenatti also provided an email …

“Did Sean Hannity tell his bosses that, ‘I’m a third client of Michael Cohen and I’m going on the air tonight?’ Because, I will tell you, if he did not and then he proceeded to do the coverage that he’s been doing for months, honestly, and it appears he intends to continue doing, he’s lying to his viewers – bald-faced …

The Daily Beast reports: When the camera cut back to Colbert after Hannity’s name was revealed, he was lounging in a leather chair, moaning as he gently rubbed his own nipple and sipped from a glass of red wine. “Jon Stewart, after the show I’m going to come over and we’re just going to spoon,” Colbert said. “This is crazy! …

The Hill reports: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said she was “struggling not to laugh” after it was revealed that the Fox News host Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s previously unnamed third client. “I still am struggling not to laugh. This has been a very weird day in the news,” Maddow said on MSNBC. “One of the anchors at the major pro-Trump …

“Sean Hannity has been among the lowest of the low, wrestling in the mud of birther conspiracy, Seth Rich conspiracies about the young man who was murdered here in Washington.  All kinds of conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton, and distributing false and fake news left and right. Now what we learn is he’s defending the president’s lawyer on television, he …

“Leave it to Sean to be part of a scandal and have the least salacious part. His stuff is so common sense. I love this — I loved it so much that I went on Twitter. Everybody was convulsing with joy over this news. They thought, ‘We have another scalp. It’s going to be amazing.’ These little blue check comrades …

ABC News reports: A federal judge rejected a request from President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen for a temporary restraining order that would have kept federal prosecutors from reading files seized in raids last week. Judge Kimba Wood said a government taint team can weed out privileged documents, but she left open the possibility an independent third …

Media Matters reports: The mystery client that President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, fought in court to keep secret is Fox News host Sean Hannity, Cohen’s lawyer divulged on Monday. Cohen’s lawyers had acknowledged that Cohen had three legal clients since 2017 in a filing in federal court related to legal issues surrounding documents the FBI obtained by raiding …

CBS News reports: Sean Hannity addressed the revelation of his name in court on Monday, telling listeners on his radio show that Cohen “never represented me in any matter” and that he occasionally sought’s Cohen’s advice on legal matters. “I never retained him in the traditional sense as retaining a lawyer, I never received an invoice from Michael, I never …

The Associated Press reports: Porn actress Stormy Daniels has arrived at a New York City courthouse for a hearing about an FBI raid targeting President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Daniels, wearing a pink skirt and black heels, stumbled and almost fell on the wet sidewalk outside the courthouse among a throng of reporters and camera crews. The raid sought information …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, disclosed Monday that he’s had 10 clients in his solo practice since 2017, including the president and GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, but the attorney declined to name eight other clients in response to a judge’s order. Cohen’s attorneys said he had three legal clients in the past year, including Trump, former Republican …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump’s personal attorney will appear in federal court Monday to argue over evidence found during a recent FBI raid, and porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says she’ll be there, too. Michael Cohen is under criminal investigation for personal business dealings and was ordered to appear in court to help answer questions about his law …

Media Matters reports: Donald Trump’s favorite Fox News program Fox & Friends’ weekend editions completely ignored a series of major damaging stories about Trump associate Michael Cohen. This continues the show’s pattern of playing defense for the president and ignoring damaging stories. The obsequious relationship between Fox & Friends and Trump has been well documented, with Trump’s tweets frequently lining …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Sunday again tore into former FBI director James Comey, accusing him of making decisions based on the fact that he assumed Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election. The comments come after Comey said during a recent interview his assumption that Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, would win the election was a factor …

Variety reports: Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller reunited in this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open, with De Niro playing Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Stiller playing Trump attorney Michael Cohen. The two “Meet the Parents” stars paid homage to the iconic lie detector scene from the film, with Mueller grilling Cohen about his work for the President. They …

The Hill reports: President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday responded to a report that special counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that Cohen went to Prague during the 2016 election, slamming it as “bad reporting.” McClatchy reported Friday that Mueller has evidence that Cohen traveled to Prague in the summer of 2016, a claim first made in the …