Michael Cohen claims Trump knew about the infamous Trump Tower meeting in advance

But it wasn’t Cohen who leaked this bombshell, his lawyer insists No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Friday, July 27  COHEN: TRUMP KNEW IN ADVANCE OF TRUMP TOWER MEETING President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen reportedly claims the president knew in advance about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting in which Russians had promised his campaign dirt about Hillary Clinton. However, Cohen's legal team insists they did not leak the revelation, raising the possibility it came from the Trump team to weaken Cohen’s bargaining hand should he decide to flip and speak to special counsel Robert Mueller. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] GUILFOYLE LEFT FOX OVER ‘ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR’ Sources tell HuffPost that Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr., engaged in emotionally abusive behavior to hair and makeup artists and showed colleagues personal photos of male genitalia. 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