Stormy Daniels’ lawyer feared Michael Cohen would commit suicide when he didn’t get a job in the Trump administration after the 2016 election, according to the secret trial held Thursday.
Keith Davidson told the court he was “concerned” about Cohen’s well-being during a phone call in which the self-described “fixer” revealed he was not being chosen as attorney general or head of Trump’s cabinet.
“Can you believe I’m not going to Washington after everything I’ve done for this damn guy?,” Cohen told Davidson.
“I can’t believe I’m not going to Washington. I’ve saved this guy’s life so many times you don’t even know it.
Attorney Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, shows correspondence with former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard regarding the sale of McDougal’s story about an alleged affair with the former US President Donald Trump, during Trump’s criminal trial on charges of business tampering. files to hide money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan State Court in New York, U.S., April 30, 2024 in this courtroom sketch
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former ‘fixer’, was angry he didn’t get a job in his administration, the court heard.
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Cohen was referring to the hush money deal he made with Davidson for Daniels to continue publicizing allegations of an affair with Trump.
Davidson detailed the tortured process he went through in which Cohen would go crazy every time Daniels made an appearance on television.
The lawyer was also asked about a statement he released denying that Daniels and Trump had an affair.
Davidson squirmed on the stand when asked about a text he sent to National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard in the early hours of Nov. 9, 2016, the night of the election.
Davidson wrote: “What have we done.”
Addressing the jury, Davidson said: “It was gallows humor.
“On election night, as the results were coming in. It was a surprise among broadcasters and others that Donald Trump was leading in the polls and there was a growing sense that people were on the fence. point of calling elections.
“There was an understanding that our efforts could have, in some way, helped Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.”
The court heard that in one text, Howard replied: “Oh my God”
Attorney Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, is being questioned in former US President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records to hide money paid to silence the porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan State Court in New York. , United States, May 2, 2024 in this courtroom sketch
Former US President Donald Trump awaits the start of criminal proceedings in New York State Supreme Court, US, May 2, 2024.
Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy communications chief, and Eric Trump listen to former US President Donald Trump speak outside the courtroom.
Davidson also represented Playboy model Karen McDougal who claimed to have had an affair with Trump.
The lawyer told the jury that Cohen called him “quite frequently” after the election.
During a call in mid-December, on a Saturday morning, Cohen called him, sounding “very discouraged and saddened.”
Davidson said: “He was calling me and he said he was depressed, he used some very colorful language about that stage of his life.
Trump lawyer Emil Bove asked Davidson about the December 2016 conversation with Cohen.
Bove asked if Davidson was “concerned” about Cohen’s well-being after he got off the phone.
Davidson said: “I thought he was going to kill himself.”
Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress and director, at Oxford Union, Oxford, England, on May 24, 2020.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media in Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2, 2024.
According to Davidson, Cohen was upset because he wasn’t getting a position in the Trump administration.
Bove asked if Cohen thought he could become Trump’s chief of staff. Davidson responded that this work was “among others.”
Bove asked if Cohen thought at some point he was going to become attorney general
Davidson replied: “That’s true.”
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