Sean Hannity sat down with President Donald Trump in an interview that aired Thursday evening, but the biggest news to emerge may have been about the Fox News host himself.
Hannity claimed to have information that contradicted the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, and at least one lawmaker said it could lead to the Fox News host appearing before Congress to explain it.
Cohen testified this week that he paid out hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up her alleged affair with Trump and then was reimbursed by the president. But Hannity told Trump that Cohen did it all on his own.
“I can tell you personally, [Cohen] said to me at least a dozen times, that he made the decision on the payments and he didn’t tell you,” Hannity told Trump. “He told me, personally.”
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) tweeted in response:
Sean Hannity is now volunteering himself as a witness. I look forward to his testimony. https://t.co/eOjhlkg4mU — David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) March 1, 2019
Legal analysts also had some thoughts, and some even suggested Hannity could be subpoenaed:
Next subpoena is for Hannity. https://t.co/GuOAGLWZrX — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 1, 2019
Right, and then Trump paid Cohen back anyway because he’s such a nice guy. SDNY should subpoena Hannity. No Attorney-client priv here & he didn’t learn this in his capacity as a “journalist.” https://t.co/F4xCkJ0qOX — Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) March 1, 2019
Hannity just made himself a witness in a congressional inquiry and the SDNY probe https://t.co/pdSnvztayR — Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 1, 2019
enkidomark on March 1st, 2019 at 12:55 UTC »
Is there some mass psychosis going on where everyone's forgotten they've heard Trump on tape discussing this with Cohen? Edit: Here: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/25/17610856/trump-cohen-tape-karen-mcdougal-explained
ferociouswhimper on March 1st, 2019 at 11:37 UTC »
Hannitty is saying Cohen told him this "at least a dozen times"?! How did this come up in their conversations that many times? They must have talked A LOT. Or it's a lie. If Hannity had said that Chohen told him that one time then it might be believable, but a DOZEN, that's just stupid. Either way, Hannity got himself into the hotseat.
viva_la_vinyl on March 1st, 2019 at 11:01 UTC »
So now, ever self-important Hannity wants investigators to know that he personally had multiple conversations with the long time fixer for the POTUS about covering up some of Trump's Donald's bad behaviors in order to protect the Trump Pence campaign and Administration.
Got it.