Headline Roundup • July 20th, 2018
Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Talking About Payment to Former Playboy Model
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President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen reportedly recorded a conversation in which they discussed a payment made to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump.
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Michael Cohen taped Trump discussing payment to a Playboy model

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President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation in which he and Trump discussed payments to a former Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Trump, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Larry Klayman: Unethical for Cohen to Secretly Tape Trump
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Attorney Michael Cohen went against ethics guidelines by allegedly making a secret recording of a conversation he had with then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman told Newsmax TV.
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