Looks like Michael Cohen may not be done just yet:
Lordy, there’s a tape. Appears to be the only one. @nytmike @mattapuzzo and me https://t.co/rUi0eh6wem
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2018
The taped conversation took place two months before the election, a month after woman claiming affair w Trump was paid by AMI https://t.co/rUi0eh6wem
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2018
SCOOP: FBI has secret recording Michael Cohen made of conversation he had with Trump two months before the election in which they discussed payments to Playboy model Karen McDougal. w/@maggieNYT @mattapuzzo https://t.co/XX3XlkAcH1
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) July 20, 2018
More from the New York Times:
The F.B.I. seized the recording this year during a raid on Mr. Cohen’s office. The Justice Department is investigating Mr. Cohen’s involvement in paying women to tamp down embarrassing news stories about Mr. Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors want to know whether that violated federal campaign finance laws, and any conversation with Mr. Trump about those payments would be of keen interest to them.
The recording’s existence further draws Mr. Trump into questions about tactics he and his associates used to keep aspects of his personal and business life a secret. And it highlights the potential legal and political danger that Mr. Cohen represents to Mr. Trump. Once the keeper of many of Mr. Trump’s secrets, Mr. Cohen is now seen as increasingly willing to consider cooperating with prosecutors.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, confirmed in a telephone conversation on Friday that Mr. Trump had discussed the payments with Mr. Cohen on the tape but said the payment was ultimately never made. He said the recording was less than two minutes and demonstrated that the president had done nothing wrong.
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Anybody hear this thing yet?
Need quotes from the recording. Or the recording itself. https://t.co/FsdsdQWRne
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) July 20, 2018
Also would need to know if the recording was before or after the payments were made.
— Zaggs (@Zaggs) July 20, 2018
Well, in any event, so much for a slow news day.
Media upon hearing about existence of tapes pic.twitter.com/lvyOUpAbfx
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) July 20, 2018
Brace yourselves.
All right, let's get this Friday rolling https://t.co/7l2MPZvEuP
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 20, 2018
Yeah buddy .. Weekend is gonna be lit AF !! https://t.co/xZ5tG8YJTn
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) July 20, 2018
RIP Twitter
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 20, 2018
This could get bumpy.
My God https://t.co/LWFP2LHBHy
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 20, 2018
ha ha ha ha https://t.co/KAsqg3N2AZ
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 20, 2018
This is a leak from Cohen. This is a demand for a pardon.https://t.co/A9IyMSVRrm
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 20, 2018
Wow…
Obviously the most important part is exactly what was said and what it could implicate them in, but Trump must be furious that Cohen even made the tape. https://t.co/a8ifbrQmxc
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 20, 2018
Welp.
Lesson learned pic.twitter.com/GTCOP4Se21
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 20, 2018
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Update:
There are MORE recordings Michael Cohen had of the president in his records that were seized by the FBI, according to Rudy Giuliani and a source with knowledge of Cohen’s tapes. @DanaBashCNN @cnnbrk
— AnneClaire Stapleton (@AnneClaireCNN) July 20, 2018
A source also tells our @DanaBashCNN & @GloriaBorger that upon learning of the tapes, Trump remarked, “I can’t believe Michael would do this to me." https://t.co/ocJFGYqo7d
— Allie Malloy (@AlliemalCNN) July 20, 2018
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