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Trump knocks Michael Cohen in a tweet

/ 09:12 PM August 22, 2018

Michael Cohen (center) leaves Federal court on Aug. 21, 2018, in New York. AP

WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump says he wouldn’t recommend his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Trump tweeted Wednesday: “If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!”

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Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges and implicated the president in his wrongdoing. Cohen said Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to fend off damage to his White House bid.

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Trump’s former personal lawyer  has information of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller handling the Russia probe. That’s according to Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis.

Davis said the information could include whether Trump knew ahead of time about the hacking of Democratic emails during the 2016 presidential election, knowledge about a possible conspiracy to corrupt American democracy by the Russians and the failure to report that knowledge to the FBI.

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Davis spoke in a series of television interviews Wednesday.  /ee

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