Analysis: Trump changed his stories on Cohen
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(15 Dec 2018) The Associated Press's White House reporter Jonathan Lemire describes how President Donald changed his opinion and reaction to the Michael Cohen matter. Lemire says, "First of all as reports came out that Cohen was going to cooperate with prosecutors. He started bashing Cohen suggested that if you ever needed a lawyer don't call Michael Cohen and said that he had betrayed him in a number of ways." President Trump's longtime personal lawyer says Trump directed him to buy the silence of two women during the 2016 campaign because he was concerned their stories of alleged affairs with him "would affect the election." He says Trump knew the payments were wrong. Michael Cohen says he "gave loyalty to someone who, truthfully, does not deserve loyalty." Cohen spoke in an interview with ABC that aired Friday on "Good Morning America." Cohen says that "of course" Trump knew it was wrong to make the hush-money payments, but he did not provide any specific evidence or detail in the interview. The White House is dismissing Cohen's accusations. Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley blasted the media for taking Cohen seriously and "giving credence to a convicted criminal." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a8aba6d3e30786ae21275f17b158fe2b
