The Latest: Trump knocks Michael Cohen in a tweet
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
9 a.m.
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!"
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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8 a.m.
Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, 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.
Davis spoke in a series of television interviews Wednesday.
Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges. And he says 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.
Davis also says Cohen wouldn't want to be pardoned by Trump.
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12:30 a.m.
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer has pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and his onetime campaign chairman has been convicted for financial fraud — and those developments are raising questions about Trump's potential legal jeopardy.
Michael Cohen, who was Trump's longtime attorney, has entered a guilty plea in New York, and says he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model in an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.
And in a Virginia courtroom, onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been convicted of financial crimes.