Don’t expect any White House aid for this cause.
A GoFundMe page was up and running Wednesday to benefit President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen, who implicated his old boss in a pair of 2016 campaign payoffs to insure silence from a porn star and a Playboy model.
The women both claimed that the thrice-married Trump slept with them. The feds charged that Cohen, 51, was working at the “direction” of Trump when the hush money changed hands prior to Election Day.
The web site sought to raise $500,000, and had reached a mere 10% of that total by mid-afternoon Wednesday.
Attorney Lanny Davis announced the fundraising effort that portrays client Cohen, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight federal counts, as a man now committed to the truth.
“Michael decided to put his family and his country first,” read the explanation on the fundraising page. “Now Michael needs your financial help — to pay his legal fees.
“The Michael Cohen Truth Fund is a transparent trust account, with all donations going to help Michael Cohen and his family as he goes forward on his journey to tell the truth about Donald Trump.”
Davis made the rounds on television Wednesday to speak about the stunning guilty pleas and the GoFundMe effort, including an appearance on the “Today” show.
“Could I just take one opportunity to remind everyone that Michael Cohen has suffered a tragic and difficult experience with his family?” asked Davis via satellite. “He’s without resources and we’ve set up a website … that we’re hoping that he will get some help from the American people so that he can continue to tell the truth.”
