Cohen photo fuels Trump tape speculation
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen retweeted a photo of him and comedian Tom Arnold, who is working on a TV show to hunt down recordings of the president, fueling speculation Friday that Cohen has secret tapes of Trump and is willing to share them.
Last month, Vice network announced that Arnold would be featured in a new show called, “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” and would investigate rumored recordings of the president.
Arnold told NBC News on Friday that he met with Cohen at the Lowes Regency Hotel in Manhattan and they discussed the new show.
“We’ve been on the other side of the table and now we’re on the same side,” Arnold told NBC. “It’s on! I hope he (Trump) sees the picture of me and Michael Cohen and it haunts his dreams.”
Arnold tweeted the photo with Cohen and the caption, “I love New York” on Thursday night and Cohen retweeted it without comment.
In announcing the show last month, Vice said Arnold would “draw on his high-profile network of celebrity friends, entertainment executives, and crew members he’s met over more than 35 years in showbiz to dig for evidence on Trump’s most incriminating moments.”
Arnold tweeted Friday that it was him who said he was teaming with Cohen to “take down” Trump and that Cohen was not being paid by Vice.
Cohen’s attorney, Guy Petrillo, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Friday. A publicist for Arnold referred an inquiry from The Associated Press to a VICE Media spokesman, who didn’t immediately comment.
