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by Justin Baragona | 3:50 pm, April 16th, 2018
This afternoon brought the absolutely blockbuster revelation that Trump attorney Michael Cohens mystery third client was pro-Trump Fox News host Sean Hannity. Immediately following the breaking news, which came out of Cohens federal court appearance over last weeks FBI raid, Hannity released a short statement that said Cohen was a longtime friend and he sought legal advice from Cohen.
Calling into MSNBC minutes after the bombshell was dropped, Vanity Fairs Gabriel Sherman who has reported on the inside workings of Fox News for years reported that Hannity hired Cohen last year following Bill OReillys ouster from Fox News in the wake of a severe ad boycott.
You know, this is a fast-moving story so I am going to be doing a lot more reporting but what I have heard so far is that at some point last year Sean Hannity hired Michael Cohen to help defend him against left-wing groups that were calling for boycotts in the wake of Bill OReillys ouster from Fox News, Sherman told host Ali Velshi.
Noting that Hannity had come under pressure from left-wing groups Media Matters, for one, targeted Hannitys advertisers over the Seth Rich story Sherman said he was told that Hannity got paranoid and hired Cohen to look into those groups.
This could be interesting because oftentimes private investigators are hired by law firms because it allows attorney/client privilege to be maintained, Sherman added. So there is a scenario in which if they seized Michael Cohens documents inadvertently we might be able to learn to what degree did Sean Hannity try to go after his enemies with shady tactics like private investigators.
video at link, below
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-reportedly-hired-michael-cohen-to-help-combat-ad-boycotts-following-oreillys-firing/
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)My critical thinking skills tell me to be highly skeptical of this explanation.
Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)Not to mention that the first story out from these Trump people is always a smoke screen. I would actually be very surprised if it wasn't an issue with a woman.
Botany
(70,510 posts)"Some people say she is"
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)More likely he called in Cohen to clean up some loose ends so he didn't become the next O'Reilly.