President Donald Trump clearly knows TV. He demonstrated it Thursday by calling in and taking over Fox & Friends for about 30 minutes.
Via the broadcast waves, he once again sucked all of the air out of living rooms across the nation. He got the attention he craves – even to his own legal detriment. Every time this guy opens his mouth, he proves how precarious our country is under his clueless shadow.
Rambling from subject to subject, Trump confirmed to “Fox and Friends” that Michael Cohen “represented” him in the Stormy Daniels case: “Michael would represent me, and represent me on some things,” Trump said. “He represents me – like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represented me.”
Daniels is the porn star to whom Cohen paid $130,000 just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the president. On Wednesday, Cohen filed court papers indicating he would assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination about his involvement in that hush money deal. And just three weeks ago (yes, it does seem more like a year) Cohen’s office, residence and hotel room were raided by the FBI. Various electronic devices and documents were seized. Cohen is said to be under investigation for alleged campaign finance violations, bank fraud and wire fraud.
Cohen already acknowledged having “facilitated” the Daniels payment, but Trump has said he didn’t know about it.