PUSHING BUTTONS

Lawyer Reveals the Trick He Used to Prep Michael Cohen for Testimony

Lanny Davis says Cohen is “primed” and “ready” to take the stand in Trump’s hush money trial.

With all eyes on Michael Cohen’s expected testimony in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial Monday, his friend and former lawyer has revealed how he previously prepped Cohen to keep his cool under difficult questioning. Lanny Davis says the night before Cohen’s testimony to Congress in 2019, he and other members of Cohen’s team at the time tried to test his resolve by running a final murder board. “I called him a fucking liar, and I tried everything I could to get under his skin,” Davis told Politico. “He blew a gasket,” Davis added, saying Cohen almost walked out of the room. “When we calmed him down, I said, ‘Congratulations, Michael, all the Republicans on the platform tomorrow will be high-fiving if you do that,’” Davis said. “And he smiled and he got my point.” Davis described Cohen as “primed” and “ready” to take the stand in Trump’s case—where he is likely to face brutal cross-examination from the former president’s lawyers, who have already attacked his credibility and claimed he’s motivated by a vendetta against Trump.