Michael Cohen is undeniably devoted to Donald Trump.
The Manhattan-based lawyer has worked for the president for years, well before the 2016 campaign and election. Among his apparent shows of loyalty? Cohen recently said he paid $130,000 of his own money to a porn star who had once claimed to have an affair with Trump.
While not releasing specifics as to why he made the "private transaction," Cohen has spoken in the past about his willingness to work to make Trump's life easier.
Cohen was reportedly referred to as "Tom" around the Trump Organization offices, in a nod to "Godfather" character Tom Hagen, who was the consigliere to Vito Corleone.
"It means that if somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn't like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump's benefit," Cohen told ABC News in 2011.
"If you do something wrong, I'm going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I'm not going to let you go until I'm finished," Cohen added.
Cohen joined the Trump Organization in 2006 and has been a close employee and confidant of Trump ever since. He was a regular presence on the campaign trail, making a number of cable news appearances in defense of his friend, and regularly firing back at Trump critics online using Twitter.
In recent months, the subject of Cohen's ire has been the infamous "dossier" that was released during the campaign. Cohen said he filed defamation lawsuits in January against Fusion GPS and BuzzFeed for their role in the creation and release, respectively, of the dossier.
Source : abcnews
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