The real reason Sean Hannity solicited attorney Michael Cohen has been revealed.
Yesterday, we learned that none other than Fox News host Sean Hannity was a client of Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, and fixer. Hannity has since come out and explained that he was never a real client of Cohen’s, and only sought informal advice.
It turns out that Hannity really might have only sought casual advice from Cohen on a business matter – namely, how to survive a liberal-led advertiser boycott.
Media Matters is taking credit for Hannity seeking out advice from Michael Cohen.
Gabriel Sherman of Vanity Fair reports:
SHERMAN: But what I have heard so far is that at some point last year, Sean Hannity hired Michael Cohen to help defend him against left-wing groups that were calling for boycotts in the wake of Bill O’Reilly’s ouster from Fox News under pressure from advertisers and left-wing groups.
My sources said Hannity got very, quote, “paranoid” and hired Cohen, and perhaps other lawyers and/or private investigators to look into these groups that were calling for boycotts and trying to get Hannity off the air. Now, this could be very interesting because oftentimes private investigators are hired by law firms because it allows attorney-client privilege to be maintained. So there is a scenario in which if they seized Michael Cohen’s documents inadvertently we might be able to learn to what degree did Sean Hannity try to go after his enemies with shady tactics like private investigators.
.@gabrielsherman reports that Sean Hannity hired Michael Cohen to defend him against the @mmfa advertiser boycott pic.twitter.com/UswIjnhN8M
— Media Matters (@mmfa) April 16, 2018
Well, that would explain it. Fox News is no stranger to outside boycott efforts aimed at advertisers. Just ask Laura Ingraham.
If this is all there is to the Hannity-Cohen relationship, it’s a big nothingburger. There are no mistresses. There are no payoffs. There is no smoking gun. Just an aggrieved sect of liberals trying to take down a conservative news anchor.
In other words, just another day in our topsy-turvy politics.
Would you be surprised if Hannity sought out Cohen’s help on an advertiser boycott? Tell us your thoughts below!
