Article snippet: MORE and his longtime fixer Michael Cohen are waging a war over credibility — and the stakes could hardly be higher. Cohen is reportedly willing to tell special counsel MORE in the meeting. The president is adamant that he did not know in advance about the encounter, a point he made again, in capital letters, in a Friday morning tweet. The disagreement over the meeting could go to the heart of the central question Mueller is investigating — whether or not the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. But there will likely be plenty more discord between Cohen and Trump on other matters as well. Earlier this week, a tape of a conversation between the two men came to light. It seemed to have been surreptitiously made by Cohen. Both men face significant challenges on the credibility front. Trump’s propensity to exaggerate or give misleading statements is legion. A Washington Post analysis found that Trump made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims during his first year in office alone. Cohen, for his part, once said he would “take a bullet” for Trump. He also has a history of bellicose interactions with reporters and others who challenged his then-boss. Infamously, it was Cohen who arranged a payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign, apparently to stop her discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump back in 2006. Those who have experience with both men are often skeptical about the veracity of either one. Barbara R... Link to the full article to read more