Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Described as a ‘3 a.m. Break-the-Glass Call’
Donald Trump’s personal attorney finds himself on a big legal stage—with the headlights squarely on him
In the summer of 2015, Mr. Cohen took the lead when a media company approached Mr. Trump’s office to discuss old pictures it obtained of Mr. Trump moving with a pen in hand toward a woman’s bare breast, as if to autograph it.
Jeremy Frommer, the chief executive of Jerrick Media Holdings , said in an interview that in their first phone conversation about the pictures, Mr. Cohen began “cursing like a maniac,” and threatened to sue the company and destroy it. “I never had had anybody in my life talk to me that way,” Mr. Frommer said.
.. Mr. Cohen also serves as a fixer for other well-connected friends. Anthony Scaramucci —a founder of SkyBridge Capital and briefly President Trump’s communications chief—has called Mr. Cohen the “3 a.m. break-the-glass call” for about 150 people. Mr. Scaramucci said: “If I had a problem, someone broke into the house, or drunk driving, he would be there in a minute.”