Cohen says Trump knew hush-money payments were wrong, contradicting his former boss
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, said in a television interview Friday that Trump knew it was wrong to make hush-money payments to women who alleged they had affairs with him, directly contradicting claims from the president.
Cohen, who has admitted facilitating payments to two women in violation of campaign finance laws, told ABC News that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
Asked whether the president also knew it was wrong to make the payments, Cohen replied, “Of course.” He added that the purpose was to “help [Trump] and his campaign.”
“He was very concerned about how this would affect the election,” Cohen said.
His comments, in an interview on “Good Morning America,” are at odds with those of Trump on Thursday in tweets and a television interview.
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