Hannity played down the relationship, saying he occasionally asked Cohen legal questions but never paid him. Michael Cohen, personal lawyer to President Trump, arrives at federal court in New York on Monday. But she added that to address concerns about “fairness” raised by Trump and Cohen’s attorneys, “a special master might have a role here. Under pressure from the judge, Cohen’s legal team eventually revealed that Hannity was the third client — drawing gasps and some chuckles in the courtroom. McKay’s arguments for having a government filter team evaluate the seized material focused on the incentives that each side might have in its analysis of the documents.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2018 16:55 UTC