Michael Cohen was "one of many" lawyers employed by President Donald Trump and he only worked on "small deals," Trump said Wednesday.
In an interview slated to air Thursday morning on "Fox & Friends," Trump was asked about Cohen in the wake of the latter's guilty plea on campaign finance charges.
"He was a lawyer for me, one of many," Trump said. "They like to add 'the fixer.' I don't know where that term came from. Didn't do big deals, did small deals. They make it sound like I didn't live without him.
"I understood him very well. It turned out he wasn't a very good lawyer, frankly. But he was somebody that was probably with me for about 10 years. And I would see him sometimes."
As part of his plea, Cohen accused Trump of directing hush payments be made to women who claimed to have had affairs with him several years before he ran for president. Trump denied that claim.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that Trump "has done nothing wrong."
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