Ex-trump lawyer asks for legal fee donations

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is asking the public for help paying his legal bills and one anonymous donor has given £39,000.

Through his lawyer, the president’s former fixer is collecting contributions through a Gofundme page set up after his guilty plea this week as the only way to ensure the truth comes out about the president.

Mr Cohen owes at least £1.09 million to the Internal Revenue Service after pleading guilty on Tuesday to tax evasion, campaign finance violations and bank fraud.

Mr Cohen, who once said he would “take a bullet” for Mr Trump, said in court that the president directed him to arrange payments of £100,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels and £115,000 to former Playboy model Karen Mcdougal to buy their silence about alleged affairs before the election.

By yesterday, the Gofundme page dubbed the Michael Cohen Truth Fund had raised nearly £120,000 from about 2,800 donations.