Trump says Cohen represented him in Stormy Daniels scandal after previously denying knowledge

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Trump says Cohen represented him in Stormy Daniels scandal after previously denying knowledge

The president said earlier this month that he was not aware that Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair.

By QUINT FORGEY

04/26/2018 09:02 AM EDT

Updated 04/26/2018 09:38 AM EDT


President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to acknowledge that he was aware that his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen had cut a deal with porn star Stormy Daniels after previously denying any knowledge of the "hush money" payment.

The president also tried to distance himself from Cohen, who is currently under federal criminal investigation because of his business dealings.

“Let me just tell you, Michael is in business — he is really a businessman, a fairly big business, as I understand it,” Trump told the hosts of "Fox & Friends" in a phone interview. “I don't know his business, but this doesn't have to do with me. Michael is a businessman. He has got a business. He also practices law.”

“A percentage of my overall legal work — a tiny, tiny little fraction,” Trump said. “But Michael would represent me and represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represented me.”

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/26/trump-michael-cohen-distance-555127

[WingNot]

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In the USA, a party admission, in the law of evidence, is any statement made by a declarant who is a party to a lawsuit, which is offered as evidence against that party. Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, such a statement is admissible to prove the truth of the statement itself, meaning that the statement itself is not considered hearsay at all. This is a category of exemptions to the inadmissibility of out-of-court statements. When the term "exemption" is used here, it does not mean that the statement is an "exception" to the hearsay rule. Rather, a party admission is classified as "nonhearsay" by the Federal Rules of Evidence.

https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Party+admission


Now, he has two different, fully documented public statements that contradict each other.  First, he didn't know anything about it.  Now, Cohen represented him.  He shouldn't be saying anything at all.  His attorneys must have endless migraines.

[Frank Cannon]