The dirty history of Trump and Cohen's third man
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JUDD LEGUM JUN 12, 2018, 12:05 PM
Over the past year, Michael Cohen has become infamous as President Donald Trump’s lawyer and “fixer,” with his regular attempts to bury would-be sex scandals under a torrent of cash and non-disclosure agreements becoming regular features of the political news cycle. But Cohen hasn’t been able to cover up Trump’s alleged indiscretions all by himself. There was always a third man involved. His name is Keith Davidson.
Davidson, a solo practitioner with a small office in Los Angeles, became the lawyer for two different women who say they had affairs with Donald Trump: Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. He also represented Elliott Broidy, a top Trump fundraiser, who says he impregnated a Playboy playmate.
Davidson is also well-known as a guy who can turn celebrity sex tapes into cash for his clients. He maintains close relationships with gossip websites like TMZ. Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Jonathon Schwartz, calls Davidson’s specialty “legal extortion.” Not everyone agrees; Davidson currently faces three separate lawsuits accusing him of illegal extortion and other misdeeds. Davidson denies all of the charges and is contesting them in court.
Was Trump simply another mark for Davidson? That’s what Cohen would like you to believe. But the relationship between Cohen and Davidson has not always been so adversarial.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-dirty-history-of-trump-and-cohens-third-man-keith-davidson-406de6ba70b6/