I’ve been following the news stories about Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, with some interest. You just can't make this stuff up
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Cohen was in court today concerning the files that the FBI recently seized from his office and homes. In the past year or two, he has performed legal activities for three of his ten clients. (Those other 7 clients received only legal advice and apparently are not of interest in this case.) Cohen petitioned the court to avoid revealing the identities of these three clients and details of their cases. We all know one client was Donald Trump, for whom Cohen arranged payment of $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, in an apparent effort to buy her silence shortly before the November 2016 election.
A second client was named recently by the Wall Street Journal as Elliot Broidy who hired Cohen to negotiate $1.6 million in payments to a former Playboy model who claimed Broidy had impregnated her. Broidy was the deputy chair of the Republican National Committee until he resigned Friday when the payment became public.
The third client had directed Cohen not to reveal his identity. Today in court, that third client was revealed as Sean Hannity of Fox News.
Cohen is a well-known legal fixer who apparently specializes in cases involving payoffs to women with whom his wealthy and/or famous clients have had affairs. These settlements, almost always include large payoffs, avoid admission or denial by the man (the payer) of any involvement with the woman (the payee), and also require that the woman not reveal the existence of the settlement.
If you remember high school geometry, you can draw a straight line between any two points. It suggests a direct relationship. If a third point is found along that straight line, it proves a direct relationship.
We now have a line involving Trump, Broidy, and payoffs to women with whom they had affairs. Sean Hannity may be the third point on that line. And we also have another line involving Fox News people, Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reily, and payoffs to numerous women in apparent cases of sexual harassment. Sean Hannity might now be the third point on that line as well.