MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, apologized late Tuesday [2-26-19] night after he threatened Michael Cohen with the release of damaging personal information, a startling statement that drew an implicit rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and led legal experts to wonder if he had committed witness tampering…Gaetz had initially tweeted that Cohen, a former personal attorney for the president, should be afraid of what his wife and family will learn when he testifies publicly in front of Congress on Wednesday. Among the matters Cohen is known to have a front seat to is Trump’s alleged infidelity, as legal documents show Cohen negotiated the hush-money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to keep her reported affair with the future president quiet…Cohen is set to drop a number of potential bombshells during his Wednesday testimony, according to an opening statement obtained by POLITICO. One of those revelations is Cohen’s claim that he has a check signed by Trump himself after he took office to reimburse him for the payment to Daniels.”
–Andrew Restuccia and Darren Samuelsohn, “Trump ally Gaetz apologizes for threatening Michael Cohen ahead of hearing,” Politico, February 26, 2019 2:02 am