{"id":37266,"date":"2018-03-10T14:21:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T22:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37266"},"modified":"2018-03-10T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T22:30:14","slug":"trumps-lawyer-tries-to-deflect-crimes-with-desperate-and-obviously-false-attacks-on-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37266","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Lawyer Tries to Deflect Crimes with Desperate and Obviously False Attacks on the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stormy Daniels affair is turning into one of the most persistent scandals of Donald Trump’s presidency. And given the sheer volume of scandals, that’s really saying something. It doesn’t help that this incident involves Trump’s own personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who arranged the $130,000 in hush money to keep Trump’s infidelity out of the news. Cohen is a long-time Trump toady who can always be relied on to prop up his pal, no matter how repulsive his behavior.<\/p>\n

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Having made himself the subject of the Stormy affair by asserting that he paid her from his own funds, Cohen is now as much an accomplice as he is an attorney. And his story that he ponied up the cash out of the kindness of his heart is falling apart<\/a><\/strong>. Consequently, he is adopting the tactics of his boss in order to deflect attention from his own potential criminal liability. On Saturday morning he tweeted this:<\/p>\n

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Another great jobs report thanks to @POTUS<\/a> @realDonaldTrump<\/a>. Didn\u2019t see or hear anyone other than @FoxNews<\/a> talking about this! All the liberal #MSM<\/a> wants to focus on is my e-mail account. #MAGA<\/a> #RT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QuNsoYCSXa<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) March 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n