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Michael Cohen Helped Jerry Falwell Jr. Stop \u2018Racy Personal Photos\u2019 from Going Public Shortly Before Falwell Endorsed Trump<\/b><\/p>\n

Jerry Falwell Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who began a three-year prison sentence this week, helped evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. get rid of \u201cracy personal photos,\u201d according to a recorded conversation obtained by Reuters. Soon after, Falwell endorsed Trump, just before the Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n

Reuters reports<\/a>: \u2018Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world\u2019s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy \u201cpersonal\u201d photographs \u2014 the sort that would typically be kept \u201cbetween husband and wife,\u201d Cohen said in the taped conversation. According to a source familiar with Cohen\u2019s thinking, the person who possessed the photos destroyed them after Cohen intervened on the Falwells\u2019 behalf.\u2019<\/p>\n

The recording was made secretly by Tom Arnold. Cohen told Arnold in the conversation that he had one of the photos, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reuters adds<\/a>: \u201cThe Falwells told Cohen that someone had obtained photographs that were embarrassing to them, and was demanding money, the source said. Reuters was unable to determine who made the demand. The source said Cohen flew to Florida and soon met with an attorney for the person with the photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In related news, this story about Falwell Jr., his wife, and their hotel venture got much more interesting<\/a>: \u2018Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed that he loaned $1.8 million to a young pool attendant he and his wife had befriended while staying six years ago at a luxury hotel. Buzzfeed News had previously reported<\/a>\u00a0on a lawsuit that claimed the evangelical leader and his wife had developed a \u201cfriendly relationship\u201d in 2012 with Giancarlo Granda, then 21 years old, at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, and\u00a0Falwell confirmed<\/a> in a court filing that he helped set up the younger man<\/a> in business. \u2026 Falwell\u00a0filed an affidavit<\/a> this month in response to the suit, saying he gave Granda the loan \u201cin exchange for his agreement to serve as local manager.\u201d The filing does not explain why Falwell invested so heavily in the hostel or why Granda was hired as the manager despite having no relevant experience in real estate or hotel management.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Michael Cohen Helped Jerry Falwell Jr. Stop ‘Racy Personal Photos’ from Going Public Shortly Before Falwell Endorsed Trump<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n