Michael Avenatti Thinks Hannity-Cohen Connection ‘Far More Extensive Than People Have Been Led to Believe’

Amy RussoApr 22nd, 2018, 12:11 pm
 

Michael Avenatti, the connection between President Donald Trump‘s lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Fox News personality Sean Hannity runs deeper than the public knows.

Speaking to CNN’s Brian Stelter Sunday, he said there was probably more to the Hannity-Cohen relationship to be discovered.

“I don’t know that there’s anything nefarious that went on between Mr. Hannity and Mr. Cohen or that there was any type of NDA involvement or anything of that nature, but what I do know is I think that it’s gonna be far more extensive than people have been led to believe,” he said.

Avenatti’s client is porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she was paid $130,000 by Cohen to hide an affair she claims to have had with the president. Earlier this month, it was revealed that aside from representing Trump, Cohen’s additional secret client is Hannity, raising major questions about the details of their relationship.

On that matter, Avenatti said, “I think that Sean Hannity has described the relationship as one centering on real estate that he paid Michael Cohen $10. By the way I think he overpaid by $9 if that’s true, but he’s described it as a $10 attorney-client relationship. There’s no question that there are documents relating to whatever this representation was. We know that because the context in which Mr. Hannity’s name was disclosed in that courtroom on Monday, and so what I meant by my comment was that I think the relationship’s gonna be far more extensive than Mr. Hannity has led people to believe.”

Watch the clip above, via CNN.

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