Trump ‘wasn’t thinking about Melania in hiding Stormy Daniels story – all about the campaign’
The hush money trial star witness Michael Cohen, ex-President Donald Trump's former lawyer who paid Stormy Daniels, testified on Monday.
Ex-President Donald Trump wasn’t thinking about his wife Melania Trump while trying to conceal porn star Stormy Daniels’ extramarital affair story, his former lawyer claimed.
Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen, the star witness in his hush money trial, discussed the deal he executed with Daniels to silence her on her alleged affair during the 2016 presidential campaign.
‘Don’t worry, he goes how long do you think I’ll be on the market for? Not long,’ Cohen said on the witness stand, referring to Trump.
‘He wasn’t thinking about Melania. This was all about the campaign.’
Trump shook his head and smirked as Cohen mentioned his wife, reported CNN.
The hush payment to Daniels is at the center of Trump’s historic trial at Manhattan Criminal Court.
Prosecutors argue that Trump falsified business records to cover reimbursing to Cohen for a $130,000 payment he made to Daniels to silence her on the alleged affair just before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied an affair with Daniels.
Cohen testified that Trump told him to speak with the editor of the National Enquirer to ‘get control’ of Daniels’ story so it would not damage his presidential campaign.
Trump’s former personal lawyer said he was furious at him when discovering that Daniels was shopping the story.
‘Women are going to hate me,’ Trump said, according to Cohen.
Cohen said Trump told him it was a ‘total disaster’ and to ‘just take care of it’.
Trump scoffed and got up on his chair slightly as Cohen said he told him, ‘I thought you had this under control’, reported The New York Times.
‘Guys may think its cool, but this is going to be a disaster for the campaign,’ Cohen claimed Trump told him.
When prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen if Trump was mad and upset, he replied, ‘Yes.’
‘Because there was a negative story that, once again, impact the campaign as a result of women,’ Cohen said.
Cohen also told jurors that he secretly recorded a conversation with Trump about a hush payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal. The audio recording from 2016 was played in court
‘So, what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?’ Trump allegedly said in the tape.
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