Michael Cohen blames Trump for reported poll-rigging efforts
Source: Politico
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 01/17/2019 09:58 AM EST
Michael Cohen, the former fixer for President Donald Trump, is deflecting responsibility for allegedly paying someone to rig online polls in Trump’s favor, claiming in a tweet Thursday that his efforts were “at the direction of and for the sole benefit” of his boss.
Cohen was responding to a report in the Wall Street Journal that alleged Cohen owed money to the owner of a small tech company for creating a computer script aimed at boosting Trump’s standing in two online polls in 2014 and 2015, before Trump declared his candidacy for president.
John Gauger, the owner of RedFinch Solutions LLC, was unsuccessful in his attempts to push Trump to the top of a CNBC poll about business leaders and a Drudge Report poll measuring support for potential GOP presidential contenders, and he told the Journal that Cohen only paid him about a quarter of the $50,000 he was owed.
Cohen was sentenced late last year to three years in prison for tax evasion, lying to Congress and campaign finance violations for paying hush money to women alleging affairs with Trump.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/17/cohen-trump-poll-rigging-1107596
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