Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and self-described “fixer” Michael Cohen has been on the witness stand all week in his ex-boss’ ongoing, infamous Stormy Daniels Manhattan Hush Money case — the very same scandal that sent Cohen himself to prison for his involvement in the $130,000 payment that was made to the adult film star during the 2016 presidential election cycle in an effort to buy Daniels’ silence about her alleged sexual affair with Donald Trump.
As expected, Cohen’s testimony inside Judge Juan Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom has been nothing short of one bombshell after another, including the revelation that Trump personally warned him that “a lot of women” would be coming forward with allegations against him in the wake of his campaign announcement.
However, the former president isn’t the only one finding themselves implicated in Cohen’s no-holds-barred testimony.
During yesterday’s leg of his testimony, the former Trump attorney made a surprising revelation regarding Melania Trump’s personal role in the “locker room talk” spin that was ultimately put on Donald Trump’s infamous Access Hollywood tape.
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According to Cohen, that misogynistic spin was Melania’s idea.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins broke reporting on Cohen’s courtroom revelation, writing in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), “Michael Cohen testifies that Donald Trump told him it was Melania’s idea to spin the Access Hollywood comments as ‘locker room talk.’ (Not sure we’ve heard that before.)”
Michael Cohen testifies that Donald Trump told him it was Melania’s idea to spin the Access Hollywood comments as “locker room talk.” (Not sure we’ve heard that before.)
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 13, 2024
The Access Hollywood tape infamously heard Donald Trump openly bragging about grabbing women by their genitals without any repercussions, because he’s “famous” and they “let you do it.”
According to Cohen, it was the release of that damning tape during the final days of Donald’s 2016 presidential campaign that inspired him to concoct a scheme to make hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in an effort to guarantee her silence about her alleged sexual affair with Trump, as he was already under fire for the nauseating tape.
Cohen’s bombshell testimony serves as the first time someone has implicated Melania Trump in her husband’s attempt to spin his own open boasts about being able to sexually assault women any time he pleases.
As I’m sure we’re all aware, Donald’s wife has been notably absent from her husband’s criminal trial, in which he stands charged with 34 felony counts in connection to paying off the woman he allegedly cheated on her with.
Thus far, Trump’s middle son Eric is the only one of his children to show up to support him in the courtroom.
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