Cohen said ‘I’ll just do it myself’ after delay over Stormy Daniels payment, testifies Davidson
Victoria Bekiempis
Keith Davidson said that although the Stormy Daniels deal had been finalized by early October, they were waiting for Michael Cohen to send over the money.
On 17 October, 2017, Davidson told Cohen in an email:
We spoke on Friday October 14 and you said that funds would be wired today. No funds have been received as of sending this email. My client informs me that she intends to cancel the contract if no funds are received by 5pm pacific time today.
Cohen came up with excuse after excuse. Davidson recalled Cohen complaining:
He stated that the computer systems were quote ‘all fucked up’ …. The Secret Service is in here, they’ve got so many goddamn firewalls.
Cohen said at some point, “my guy’s in five fucking states today … there’s nothing I can do, I’m doing everything I can.” It wasn’t enough and eventually, Cohen said:
God damn it, I’ll just do it myself.