In a text message Monday, Mr. Hannity said he and Mr. Cohen have been friends a long time.
In a separate statement Monday, Mr. Hannity said Mr. Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. He added that while the two have had brief discussions about legal matters, those talks never involved any matter between me and a third-party.
Speaking on his radio show Monday, Mr. Hannity said he hadnt paid Mr. Cohen legal fees but that I might have handed him 10 bucks and asked for attorney-privilege on certain issues.
Seems like a non-issue unless there was something criminal being discussed between Cohen and Hannity that he was trying to cover.
Then becomes the question:
Then why did you instruct Michael Cohen to conceal your name if you weren't a client? It also means your attorney lied to a federal judge about the existence of an attorney-client relationship. You might want to re-think this line of defense.