Sean Hannity isn't apologizing for failing to disclose his attorney-client relationship with Michael Cohen, even as he has spent weeks defending President Trump's lawyer in the face of increasing legal jeopardy. In fact, the Fox News host says he has “a right to privacy” when it comes to his relationship with Cohen.
An earlier version of Hannity may disagree.
There have been few bigger warriors when it comes to rooting out alleged conflicts of interest and media bias than Hannity. For months, he's been pointing to alleged conflicts in Robert S. Mueller III's investigation, and for years he's been accusing the mainstream media of allying with liberals and Democrats.
All of that collided in one story in 2015, when it was revealed that ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos failed to disclose $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation. This was at issue because Stephanopoulos had just grilled conservative author Peter Schweizer over his book on the Clinton Foundation. For the better part of a week, the Stephanopoulos story was a mainstay on Hannity's show.
And plenty of things Hannity said about Stephanopoulos then could just as easily apply to Hannity and Cohen today.
“He was acting like an advocate, a special pleader, if you will, for the Clintons in that interview,” Hannity said. “The idea that they're saying that they — 'Oh, it was an honest mistake' — I don't believe that. I think he thought he'd get away with it and didn't disclose it.”
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Hannity's relationship with Cohen, meanwhile, might have been secret forever if not for the court proceedings Monday. And however “minor” Hannity's relationship with Cohen, it seemed to have been significant enough that Cohen's lawyer would feel the need to declare it in court — after, curiously and notably, trying to keep it secret.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rest-until-he-had-one/?utm_term=.47eafe1c274c
An earlier version of Hannity may disagree.
There have been few bigger warriors when it comes to rooting out alleged conflicts of interest and media bias than Hannity. For months, he's been pointing to alleged conflicts in Robert S. Mueller III's investigation, and for years he's been accusing the mainstream media of allying with liberals and Democrats.
All of that collided in one story in 2015, when it was revealed that ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos failed to disclose $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation. This was at issue because Stephanopoulos had just grilled conservative author Peter Schweizer over his book on the Clinton Foundation. For the better part of a week, the Stephanopoulos story was a mainstay on Hannity's show.
And plenty of things Hannity said about Stephanopoulos then could just as easily apply to Hannity and Cohen today.
“He was acting like an advocate, a special pleader, if you will, for the Clintons in that interview,” Hannity said. “The idea that they're saying that they — 'Oh, it was an honest mistake' — I don't believe that. I think he thought he'd get away with it and didn't disclose it.”
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Hannity's relationship with Cohen, meanwhile, might have been secret forever if not for the court proceedings Monday. And however “minor” Hannity's relationship with Cohen, it seemed to have been significant enough that Cohen's lawyer would feel the need to declare it in court — after, curiously and notably, trying to keep it secret.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rest-until-he-had-one/?utm_term=.47eafe1c274c