Sean Hannity, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump: Three amigos, tangled in a web of stupidity

Sean Hannity, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump: Three amigos, tangled in a web of stupidity
Maybe Fox News’ biggest name is just a footnote in this scandal. But nothing about his explanation is convincing
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON 04.17.2018•7:18 AM

I think everyone knew the Michael Cohen hearing on Monday would make news. It was anticipated that Judge Kimba Wood would decide whether or not the president would be granted a restraining order against his own Department of Justice, preventing them from searching the documents and other items seized from his attorney's office and homes last week. And we knew that Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, would attend, so there was sure to be a ton of press and wall-to-wall coverage.

But nothing prepared us for the news that Cohen only represents three clients: President Trump, deputy Republican National Committee finance chair Elliott Broidy -- and Fox News host Sean Hannity. Nobody saw that one coming.

Since Sean Hannity had clearly told Cohen that he didn't want his name to be public, it seemed odd that he didn't have a prepared statement ready just in case. He had to know there was at least a 50-50 chance he'd be revealed. Instead Hannity dribbled out explanations on his radio show, on Twitter and through statements over the course of the daym asserting that he had never paid Cohen or put him on retainer and that there was no third party involved. Likely Hannity was trying to reassure his wife that he didn't have a "Stormy" issue.

The Fox host is now claiming that he saw Cohen as a pal he consulted on a casual basis about some innocuous real estate matters. Nonetheless, he definitely considered it to be an attorney-client relationship, demanding that the appropriate privilege be recognized and all communications be off-limits to government agents.

Hannity seems to want it both ways, but that's not really going to work.

https://www.salon.com/2018/04/17/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-and-donald-trump-three-amigos-tangled-in-a-web-of-stupidity/