Fox News host Sean Hannity called the secret recording of President Donald Trump and former lawyer Michael Cohen aired on CNN Tuesday night “a dud.”
“I’m a little surprised at a recording of a client, that surprises me, but with that said I listened to all of this,” Hannity said while hosting, “Fox News Live.”
“I’m listening to something that never happened. … They were just saying, ‘I don’t want the divorce to come,’ and then they talk about pay cash or check, it’s muffled. I don’t see anything here. I see a dud.”
The audio CNN aired included Trump and Cohen discussing arrangements related to the payment to former playmate Karen McDougal ahead of the 2016 presidential election. McDougal alleged she had an extramarital affair with Trump about a decade ago.
“I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David,” Cohen told Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election, likely a reference to American Media CEO and chairman David Pecker.
McDougal was silenced by Pecker, who bought her story for National Enquirer and then reportedly spiked it.
Trump interrupts Cohen, asking, “What financing?”
Cohen tells Trump, “We’ll have to pay,” and then is heard saying “pay with cash.”
But the audio isn’t clear on whether Trump meant to pay with cash or not pay with cash.
Cohen says, “no, no,” but it’s unclear what is said next.
Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett agreed, and called the tape a “red herring to smear the president” on “personal matters.”
Hannity also said the news media would hate Trump even if he “cured cancer and gave every American 10 million dollars, I am convinced the media would still hate him. Even if he adopted their full agenda, he would hate them.”
via www.newsmax.com
I have a problem with any lawyer recording a client without permission. Whether it is illegal or not, it is highly unethical with suspect motives. This lawyer was on retainer and I have no doubt that he was extremely well paid for that. Cohen should be disbarred immediately and permanently.
The most important thing to focus on is why Mueller has not been stopped and every bit of his past and present fully investigated and exposed. Then he should be charged with conspiracy to overthrow duly elected President Trump and the Republic.
AMEN..Muller himself should be the one investigated, he and his entire staff. This investigation is a deliberate attempt to direct attention away from the treason, and sedition of Muller, Barrack, the Clinton’s, the entire Obama cabinet, the former CIA, and National Security advisor Brennen , and in particular, Eric Holder, and Loretta Lynch. Justice for them, is hanging by the neck until dead.
Client /Lawyer privilege was breeched. Cohen’s license must be taken away.
You are a dud.
Last night you had Nunes on, you interrupted him twice, AND NEVER asked him about impeaching Rosenstein, HAVE YOU GIVEN UP?
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
* If the President won’t demand that the DOJ release the FISA warrants and the documents that started the Russian investigation!
* If the Republican House won’t impeach Rod Rosenstein!
* If AG Sessions is happy to stand aside while our country ascends into chaos!
WHY THE HELL SHOULD WE CARE?
From the actual information in the story, it looks like just another liberal quest to slander our President. Suck it up liberals. Obama can’t serve again and Hillary lost.
To me it proves that Cohan had intensions of either black mailing the President or entrapping him. Maybe he has been working for Mueller all along and the raid was just to cover his complacency in the whole thing.