On CNN, Trump's Lawyer Says He Won't Attack Women Accusing Trump Of Sexual Assault, Then Immediately Attacks Them

Michael Cohen: “I Am Not Going To Be One Of Those People That Attack And Accuse Somebody Who Has Been Attacked,” But “Most People” Who Heard Jessica Leeds' Story Were “Confused”

From the October 18 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:

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WOLF BLITZER (HOST): Your reaction, now that six people say almost contemporaneously she spoke of this, of what she called this attack?

MICHAEL COHEN: Well again, those are all statements that she's made to other people. I don't believe that any of these people were there with them at Mar-A-Lago.

What I can tell you is that the accuser -- and I'd never want to turn around and tell an accuser that, you know, this story that you're relaying is a lie. I am not going to be one of those people that attack and accuse somebody who has been attacked, it's not who I am.

However, I will say, for example, the woman that was on the airplane in first class, I think most people who heard the story are somewhat, you know, confused as to her accounting of the story, that she sits down next to a stranger, and for 15 minutes, he is all over her.

Now, remember in first class, you have the steward and the stewardesses, they're on top of you 24/7 from the moment you sit down offering you orange juice or champagne, until the second you leave. Hard to imagine that somebody was all over another person who's a complete stranger. That person didn't within a second turn around and say, “Hey, what are you doing?” Right? And make a scene, or a steward or a stewardess or somebody who was sitting next to her.

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BLITZER: Were you -- Michael, very quickly, because we're almost out of time. Were you uncomfortable when he suggested these women weren't very attractive?

COHEN: You know, I don't even want to talk about that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you know, some people may think that they're beautiful, others don't. I don't think it's relevant to the conversation at all.

BLITZER: Well, he is the one who said, take a look at them, or you know, whatever he said. You know, he was suggesting that they weren't attractive enough for him to make such a move.

COHEN: Well, I think what Mr. Trump is really trying to say is that they're not -- they're not somebody that he would be attracted to, and therefore, the whole thing is nonsense.

Previously:

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