NPR releases audio of Michael Cohen making legal threats to one of their reporters

A sharp-worded audiotape of President Donald Trumpā€˜s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, speaking with a reporter was released by National Public Radio.

Aiming to expose how Cohen has used intimidation tactics and threats to protect Trump, NPR on Thursday released the 2015 audio of the call between the attorney and NPRā€™s Tim Mak, who had been working on a story for The Daily Beast at the time.

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WhileĀ investigating claims from Trumpā€™s first wife, Ivana Trump, that sheā€™d been raped by her husband, Mak reached out to the president’s former aide, Hope Hicks in 2015. Ivana Trump later walked back her “rape” claims but at the time, Mak received a direct call from a furious Cohen.

**Warning for harsh language:

ā€œYouā€™re talking about Donald Trump, youā€™re talking about the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as private individual, who never raped anybody and of course understand that by the very definition you canā€™t rape your spouse,ā€ Cohen said.

ā€œMark my words for it, I will make sure that you and I meet one day over in the courthouse and I will take you for every penny you still donā€™t have, and I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know,ā€ Cohen told Mak. ā€œDo not even think about going where I know youā€™re planning on going. And thatā€™s my warning for the day.ā€

But Cohen was not done as he continued on the call.

ā€œSo Iā€™m warning you, tread very f-ing lightly because what Iā€™m going to do to you is going to be f-ing disgusting,ā€ he added.

ā€œDo you understand me? Donā€™t think you can hide behind your pen because itā€™s not going to happen,ā€ he said. ā€œIā€™m more than happy to discuss it with your attorney and with your legal counsel because motherf-ers youā€™re going to need it.ā€

Cohen apparently encouraged Mak to go ahead with his story as he told the reporter it would be his “absolute pleasure” to sue him.

ā€œI think you should go ahead and write the story that you plan on writing; I think you should do it because I think youā€™re an idiot, all right, and I think your paper is a joke. And itā€™s going to be my absolute pleasure to serve you with a $500 million lawsuit,” he told Mak.

A lawsuit never materialized but former Trump political adviser Sam Nunberg revealed that there were internal calls within the Trump campaign to fire Cohen, who later apologizedĀ for his claims that spousal rape is not illegal.

Make no mistake, liberals are already making a lot of hay out of the recording. The release of the audio added fuel to the fire of Stormy Danielā€™s lawyer Michael Avenatti who was quick to jump on it:

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