Article snippet: MORE and his allies waged war against Michael Cohen Wednesday, one day after the president’s former lawyer and fixer implicated Trump in a felony during the 2016 campaign. Cohen’s charge that he paid off two women who said they had sexual relationships with Trump — and, crucially, that he had done so at the then-candidate’s behest and with the intention of affecting the election — is reverberating across the political world. But Trump’s team is seeking to blunt the impact by taking aim at Cohen’s credibility, downplaying the seriousness of the offenses being alleged — and insisting that the White House has not given in to panic. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s attorney and the former mayor of New York City, told The Hill “anybody that believes Cohen, probably you could sell them the Brooklyn Bridge.” Giuliani also stressed a detail of the case that has perplexed Trump fans and critics alike. Despite Cohen’s evident willingness to incriminate Trump, no formal cooperation agreement has emerged between him and prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, which has jurisdiction over his case. “Obviously the Southern District did not enter into a cooperation agreement because they think he’s a liar,” Giuliani insisted. Meanwhile, a White House official told The Hill that Trump’s mood remained buoyant despite the blast of negative news and the sudden deepening of his legal challenges. “Yesterday was a little wilder than most, but there is no quiet day here,” the of... Link to the full article to read more