President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen acknowledged on Thursday that he schemed to rig online polls that sought to make Trump seem like a more plausible presidential candidate.
The story was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. In a tweet following the report, Cohen said he sought to help Trump’s political aspirations, having been directed by the candidate.
“What I did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of [Trump],” he wrote. “I truly regret my blind loyalty to a man who doesn’t deserve it.”
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