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Navigating the Nonsense

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

Michael Cohen’s Daughter Reflects on Trump

September 12, 2020 · 11:40 am ET · Leave a Comment

Vanity Fair has an interesting profile of Michael Cohen’s daughter.

“Samantha, now 24 and a straight-talking, steely graduate of the University of Pennsylvania like Trump’s own daughters, told me that she believes her dad had a sort of Stockholm syndrome. In a wide-ranging interview earlier this week, she discussed why she thinks her father remained loyal; Ivanka’s iciness; her friendship with younger daughter Tiffany; what happened the day federal agents executed search warrants on her home; and what it’s like to be at the center of a political storm beyond her control.”

“She is a member of the scandal-adjacent, an offstage character unwittingly marked by her association with the Trumps, trying to make sense of it all. It’s a growing club, as more and more people in Trump’s orbit meet their downfall.”

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