Trump Hits Out at Cohen for Taping Playboy Discussions

Donald Trump has attacked his longtime adviser Michael Cohen after a tape was leaked to CNN of the two men discussing an apparent payoff for a Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with the now-president. “What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So sad! Is this a first, never heard of it before? Why was the tape so abruptly terminated (cut) while I was presumably saying positive things? I hear there are other clients and many reporters that are taped - can this be so? Too bad!” On the tape, Cohen is heard saying they would “have to pay,” to which Trump is heard to respond “pay with cash”—but the poor tape quality makes it unclear whether he was recommending or warning against that course of action. Cohen’s lawyer warned “there are more tapes.... There is more to come” earlier Wednesday.