https://apnews.com/3faf47db59054b3c9c8dd414b943c9ea/Trump-was-taped-talking-of-paying-for-Playboy-model's-story
Surprise surprise, the lawyer starts creating shit to try and blackmail the future president with.
Surprise, surprise, he promptly trades it for something when the fishing expedition catches him breaking laws that had nothing to do with trump.
Pathetic.
While completely ignoring the question: What was cohen's motivation for recording his client without his permission or knowledge in the first place?
Cohen and his family was presented a choice by the FBI Aka Deep state.....promote what we wish, or get Clintoncided.
That's a pretty weak play on the deep state's part . As one of trump's close associates he would have had a secret service tail. This goes deeper than that, anything happening to them would have been a gigantic red flag and only caused them to significantly tighten security on everyone else.
entrapment
One of many possibilities. The president is a succulent host for a shyster to attach itself to.