Trump Lawyer Brags About Destroying Life Of 'Idiot' Beauty Queen

There’s only one person from the Donald Trump camp to come under as much fire recently as Donald Trump: his lawyer, Michael Cohen.

And Cohen is in the news once again.

After saying there’s no such thing as spousal rape, and then threatening a reporter for writing about it, The Daily Beast reported Friday that, when threatening its reporter, Cohen cited an example from his past: ruining the life of a beauty queen.

“Do you want to destroy your life? It’s going to be my privilege to serve it to you on a silver platter like I did that idiot from Pennsylvania in Miss USA, because I think you’re dumber than she is,” Cohen reportedly told The Daily Beast. “Sheena Monnin, another one that wanted to defame Mr. Trump and ended up with a $5 million judgment. That’s going to be nothing compared to what I do to you.”

The Trump Organization did not return an email requesting comment.

Monnin was the 2012 Miss Pennsylvania but removed herself from Miss USA after she was eliminated from competing in that pageant’s finals. She said she heard backstage that the show had been rigged from the start and later called the pageant “fraudulent,” among other things, in a Facebook post.

Since she had signed an agreement with the contest not to harm its reputation, Trump and the pageant took her to arbitration and won a $5 million judgement against her.

TMZ reported that she eventually settled with Miss USA for more than $1 million after claiming her lawyer committed malpractice.

Cohen, The Daily Beast reported, pulled this story out during a rant aimed at intimidating its reporter.

“I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we’re in the courthouse,” he said, according to the Beast. “And I will take you for every penny you still don’t have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know.”

“So I’m warning you, tread very f---ing lightly, because what I’m going to do to you is going to be f---ing disgusting. You understand me?”

The Miss America pageant wasn’t the only topic he used to intimidate the reporters.

“Michael Cohen is a corporate employee and is not affiliated with the campaign in any way,” a Trump campaign manager told the Beast.

• Read the full story at The Daily Beast

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