Fox News host Sean Hannity is reportedly the previously unnamed client of President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
Judge says regarding unnamed third client, Cohen team “has not met the standard for an exception to the notion that client identity and even fee arrangements must be revealed.”
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
Judge has ruled that client name must be disclosed publicly now.
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
For everyone waiting for the name: there is further discussion happening over some of the related points of the disclosure of this name. It hasn’t yet been announced.
— erica orden (@eorden) April 16, 2018
Hannity has responded to the news, telling The Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Ballhaus that he has “sought legal advice from Michael.”
Sean Hannity’s response to being named Michael Cohen’s third client: “We have been friends a long time. I have sought legal advice from Michael.”
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 16, 2018
Sean Hannity just now addressed the announcement on his radio show. “It’s very strange to watch my own television network with my name in the lower third.”
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 16, 2018
Some are reporting that Hannity’s hiring of Cohen could have been related to an advertiser boycott campaign from last year.
Person familiar w/ says Hannity hires Cohen around time leftwing groups called for boycotts against him last year
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) April 16, 2018
Update, Monday 3:50 PM: Hannity said on his radio show Monday that he never paid or retained Michael Cohen.
9. Hannity: “Michael never represented me in any matter, I never retained him, I never paid legal fees to Michael..but I have occasionally had brief legal discussions with him where I wanted his input and perspective.”
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) April 16, 2018