Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen says the president called Nelson Mandela a poor leader, made disparaging remarks about American minorities



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White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany responded by attacking Cohen’s credibility.

“Michael Cohen is a disgraced criminal and disbarred lawyer, who lied to Congress. He has lost all credibility, and it is not surprising to see his latest attempt to profit from the lies,” McEnany said in a statement.

Trump has called Cohen “a rat” and a liar, and Cohen has said he faced repeated death threats from his supporters. Trump, a Republican, is seeking reelection and will face Democrat Joe Biden at the polls on November 3.

At the Republican convention in August, where Trump was formally nominated to appear on the ballot, speakers defended him against accusations of racism in the past.

Cohen alleged that Trump despised minorities and that Trump said during his 2016 presidential campaign that he would not win the Hispanic vote. the washington post reported. According to Cohen, Trump said, “Like blacks, they are too stupid to vote for Trump.” Cohen is serving time for tax evasion, false statements and campaign finance violations, the latest related to payments to silence women who alleged affairs with Trump before the 2016 presidential election.

He was placed in home confinement in May due to the risks of contracting COVID-19 in prison, but was then briefly incarcerated again in July. A federal judge later ruled that Cohen had been retaliated against for planning the publication of his book and ordered that he be released again.

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