'It makes no sense': Trump's ex-lawyer baffled by former president's new pay-off scandal
Donald Trump has never before been seen as exhausted as he is right now, according to a man who once served as Trump's lawyer.
Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who was a key figure in the criminal case that resulted in Trump being convicted in connection with a plan to influence the 2016 election by covering up "hush money" payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday in an interview that began with some audio issues.
Once the microphone problems were resolved, Cohen was asked by Rev. Al Sharpton, a longtime acquaintance of Trump and Cohen, about Trump cancelling events and appearing tired.
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"I can honestly say that neither you or I have ever seen an exhausted Donald Trump looking the way that he looks right now," Cohen said. "Pale, flustered, sweaty, completely disoriented."
He continued:
"The question that I would then turn around and pose: who wouldn't be when you have 34 criminal counts that have been levied against you, you have about 600 million in civil fines, you know that you are failing in this campaign, and that if you don't win this presidential election, that accountability is going to be had by you for the first time in your life?"
Cohen added, "He is physically and mentally exhausted."
Upon being asked about the criminal convictions and recent reports that Trump again attempted to silence Daniels in the run-up to the 2024 election, Cohen said, "I don't understand why they would even do this."
"Her book was widely read, people know exactly what took place between the two, she has not been quiet about that affair that they had, so what's the point to do it? Honestly, I have no idea. To me, it makes no sense at all," Cohen said, suggesting that someone could have "gone rogue" in an attempt to "curry favor" with Trump.