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The former lawyer of the Republican candidate had recorded it without his knowledge. Today, what he knows could turn against Donald Trump.
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By Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, Correspondent)
Michael Cohen once said he was ready "to take a ball" for Donald Trump. The former lawyer of the man who was not yet President of the United States said he no longer wanted "to play the punching bag." Thus, Michael Cohen, who arranged the various "blows" of the president, including buying the silence of women with whom he had connections, balance.
Thus, the media broadcast this week recordings of conversations between MM . Trump and Cohen took place two months before the election of 2016. There is talk of buying the silence of Karen McDougal, playmate of the year 1998 Playboy magazine, who wanted to sell his memoirs on his relationship " romantic ten months in 2006 and 2007 " with Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump recorded without his knowledge by his former lawyer
She also accused Mr. Trump of wanting to give money after their first badual relationship. On Wednesday, July 25, the President reacted furious: "what kind of lawyer would register his client. It's so deplorable! ". Mr. Cohen apparently used to record his conversations rather than take notes.
The Spectrum of Russian Interference
S attempted to wet Mr. Trump in the investigation of the special prosecutor Robert Mueller. He seeks to ascertain whether there has been collusion between Trump's campaign teams and the Russians to denigrate Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton
A meeting of particular interest to investigators, that of Donald Trump Junior, son of the president , and his son-in-law Jared Kushner on June 9, 2016 in New York at the Trump Tower. Trump junior was baited by an intermediary to meet a Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya allegedly having information against Mrs. Clinton. The Trump teams subsequently discarded, baduring that this meeting had given nothing and that the lawyer was not from the Russian government, but the revelation of its existence in the summer of 2017 had caused the amazement in Washington, Trump junior forced to be questioned in front of the congress.
The novelty is that Michael Cohen accuses Donald Trump of having been informed upstream of the proposal. He even claims he was with the presidential candidate when he gave the green light to the meeting.
A more emotional than strategic turnaround
"I did not know NOTHING of the meeting with my son Don Jr " fought back the president Friday on Twitter, accusing his former lawyer of" inventing stories ". The former mayor of New York and the president's lawyer, Rudolf Giuliani, went up to the front on television sets, reproaching Cohen of for "lying for years" .
According to the American press, Cohen would have no evidence to support his remarks but would be ready to repeat his accusations before the prosecutor Mueller.
The change of tactics of the former lawyer would be emotional rather than strategic. He could not have felt "let go" by Mr. Trump in the wake of the FBI raid on his offices in April for bank fraud and breach of election campaign financing rules. Donald Trump continues to denounce a "witch hunt" .
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