Cohen’s lawyer backs off claim Trump knew of Russia meeting

Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, walked back his assertions that his client, President Donald Trump’s former “fixer,” could tell a special prosecutor that Trump had prior knowledge of a meeting with a Russian lawyer to get damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

“I should have been much clearer that I could not confirm the story,” Davis said Monday, attempting to clean up his comments in interviews last week after Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations, tax evasion and bank fraud.