Analysis: The evidence undercutting Trump’s insistence he didn’t know about the Stormy Daniels payment
Michael Cohen is seen before testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday in Washington. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 1 at 10:49 AM Sean Hannity, President Trump's political caddie, addressed the subject of Michael Cohen's testimony this week in part by expressing empathy with Trump's plight.
"No, he did,” Trump said about Hannity's assertion that Cohen acted on his own initiative without telling him. “And he made a decision. And remember this, he’s an attorney. Whatever decision he makes, you’re supposed to rely on an attorney to make a decision." Cohen negotiated a payment with Daniels’s attorney but didn’t immediately pay her. In late October, with Daniels threatening to sell her story elsewhere if she wasn’t paid, Cohen says he raised it with Trump.
That seems like a tacit acknowledgment of Trump's awareness of the initial payment. But we need not rely on that or Cohen's testimony on Wednesday. In a document submitted to the court at the time of Cohen's sentencing, the government was explicit about Trump's involvement. COHEN: I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, David [Pecker], you know, so that — I’m going to do that right away. I’ve actually come up and I’ve spoken —COHEN: And, I’ve spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with ...COHEN: … funding. Yes. Um, and it’s all the stuff.
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