Michael Cohen says Donald Trump's doorman made 'false' claims of him sharing lovechild with maid
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s defense attorney, Todd Blanche, continues to scrutinize Michael Cohen over his testimony in the hush money trial case.
During the ongoing trial, Blanche asked Trump’s former aide to clear his stance on the Trump Tower doorman’s claim.
Michael Cohen questioned over the Trump Tower doorman's story
Former employee Dino Sajudin was reportedly paid to suppress his false claim that Donald Trump had an alleged love child with a maid.
"Money was paid to keep the story from getting out but the story was false, correct?" Blanche asked Cohen. To which, he responded with, "I believe so, yes.”
The defense attorney followed up with, "Do you have any doubt in your mind it's false?”
"No sir," Cohen replied.
Blanche also questioned Cohen over his testimony where he felt that if the false story about the Trump Tower doorman came out in public, it would have a ‘significant’ impact on the campaign, reported CNN.
"But the president didn’t share your view, did he?" Donald Trump's attorney asked.
“I’m not sure I agree with that," Cohen answered.
Blanche followed up with, "Didn’t you previously tell the government that President Trump said he didn’t think this story would hurt him?"
"I would need to see that document please," Cohen said.
Blanche then asked the former confidant if Trump didn't "initially" think the story would hurt him.
To which Cohen agreed, "Initially, yes."
David Pecker earlier testified on buying Trump Tower doorman's story
MEAWW previously reported, David Pecker, the man behind the National Enquirer, shared how he bought a potentially damaging story for $30,000 to keep it from going public during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
In his testimony during the hush money trial on April 23 in the New York court, he said that he bought a doorman’s story claiming that Donald Trump had fathered a child out of wedlock.
Pecker believed the story, if true and published, could have been a significant embarrassment to Trump’s campaign.
“It would have been very embarrassing for the campaign,” Pecker said. He agreed to pay the doorman, Dino Sajudin, $30,000 for exclusive rights to the story, according to The Guardian reporters from the courtroom.
The story was bought by Pecker not for publication but to ensure it remained out of the public eye.
