How Michael Cohen and Trump went from friends to foes


by CNN

CNN— CNN’s Tom Foreman breaks down the evolution of the relationship between former President Donald Trump and his one-time fixer Michael Cohen, and how it fell apart.

Raw Story—'Pray Michael pray': Hope Hicks told Michael Cohen to ask God for help with Trump scandals. Former President Donald Trump's former press secretary Hope Hicks testified Friday she asked fixer Michael Cohen to ask God for help with a breaking story about a Playboy model who said she'd had sex with the then-presidential candidate while his wife was pregnant. Hicks read a slate of text conversation with Cohen in the New York City courtroom where Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 presidential election. "Ok pray...

The Independent—Trump trial live updates: Trump told Michael Cohen ‘I hate the fact we did it’ over hush money plot, jury hears. Audio recording played in court appeared to show former president discussing catch-and-kill payment with fixer Michael Cohen

CNN—Secret recording between Trump and Michael Cohen played in court. Prosecutors played an audio recording of a 2016 phone call between President Trump and his then attorney Michael Cohen in court. On the call you hear Trump respond to Cohen saying he needed to open a company, and that he’s spoken with the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up. This company was to facilitate the $150,000 payment to Karen McDougal