Michael Cohen taped a talk with Trump about paying model
by Chris Megerian and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Jul 21, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - For years, Donald Trump entrusted Michael Cohen with some of his most personal secrets; only now is he beginning to confront how dangerous that practice may have been.
Since April, when federal agents searched Cohen's office, home and hotel room, Trump "has been a bit nervous" that his longtime lawyer could become a legal liability, said a White House aide familiar with the president's thinking.
But the president hasn't believed that Cohen would betray him.
"Deep down, he never thought someone who's always been so devoted to him would," said the aide, who wasn't authorized to discuss the subject on the record.
Friday's disclosure that Cohen secretly
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