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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael Cohen's Book: Hannity, Ailes, and Pecker All Groveled for Trump's Love
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President Donald Trumps most influential supporters in the mediaFox News star Sean Hannity, his boss Roger Ailes, and National Enquirer executive David Peckerwere so desperate for Trumps approval that they frequently humiliated themselves to win it, according to the just-released memoir by the presidents disgruntled former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.
In Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump, Cohenwho was disbarred last year and is currently serving a three-year sentence under house arrest in Manhattan after pleading guilty to felony counts of tax evasion, lying to Congress (which he admitted having done in the service of protecting Trump), and violating campaign-finance lawsprovides numerous examples of the former reality stars ability to intimidate and manipulate his ostensibly powerful minions in the media.
During the early Republican primary race, Cohen writes, Hannity was distraught about being put in the penalty box by the Trump campaign and anxious to get back into the candidates good graces after then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told Trump that Hannity was a secret supporter of Trumps strongest opponent, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
In the summer of 2015, Cohen writes, I knew that Hannity was doing what he could for the Trump campaign, but that he had to be careful. His viewership wasnt monolithically for Trump, yet, and there were more than a dozen candidates, some commanding large segments of the Republican Party. Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, and each of the other declared candidates had to be given time to make their case, meaning that Trump didnt absolutely dominate Hannitys highly rated show in the way that the Boss wantedand that Lewandowski demanded.
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Michael Cohen's Book: Hannity, Ailes, and Pecker All Groveled for Trump's Love (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
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Wazzat one of COVID-45's chartbusters dedicated to these who abased themselves..
sprinkleeninow
Sep 2020
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sprinkleeninow
(20,208 posts)1. Wazzat one of COVID-45's chartbusters dedicated to these who abased themselves..
🎶'GROVELING FOR YOUR LOVE'🎶
Cha
(296,735 posts)2. Of course.. & then didn't trump disown Pecker?