Lawyer who negotiated Stormy Daniels deal seemed shocked Trump won
As Donald Trump’s presidential victory became clearer and clearer on election night in 2016,
an attorney who brokered hush-money payments to bury the then candidate’s alleged sexual liaisons
seemed shocked that his efforts had worked,
texting his longtime confidant:
“What have we done?”
So went the second day of testimony from #Keith #Davidson
– who represented alleged Trump paramours Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
– during the ex-president’s criminal trial.
The friend in question was #Dylan #Howard, then the editor of the National Enquirer.
Prosecutors contend that the tabloid veteran kept Trump’s lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, apprised of damaging information about his boss.
Davidson described the phrasing as “gallows humor” about the fact that
“our activities may have in some way assisted the presidential campaign of Donald Trump”.
Howard responded to the text message with:
️ “Oh my god.”
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