Cohen says Melania Trump came up with ‘spin’ for Access Hollywood tape

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Former President Donald Trump‘s ex-attorney, Michael Cohen, testified Monday that it was Melania Trump who devised the way to “spin” the Access Hollywood tape as “locker room talk.”

The hot-mic audio tape in which Donald Trump is heard boasting about grabbing women “by the p****” surfaced just one month before the 2016 election and sparked backlash against the then-candidate, although Donald Trump went on to defeat his former opponent, Hillary Clinton. Cohen, who was testifying Monday at Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case, explained how Melania Trump came up with the excuse to dismiss the embarrassing audio that was recorded in September 2005.

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