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Alex Henderson

Cohen testifies about Trump's pie fears

Michael Cohen and Donald Trump Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images

On May 9, Michael Cohen — former President Donald Trump's ex-personal attorney and "fixer" — testified during a closed-door meeting held as part of an anti-Trump lawsuit. During his testimony, according to "The Daily Beast's" José Pagliery, Cohen revealed that his former boss had a bizarre quirk back in 2015: He was fearful of a pie being thrown in his face.

Pagliery, in an article published by the "Beast" on May 23, reports, "Former President Donald Trump's fear of getting hit in the face with a pie was so severe that he repeatedly instructed security guards to savagely beat any hooligan who tries, his ex-attorney recently testified behind closed doors. The Daily Beast has exclusively reviewed a recent four-hour deposition of Michael Cohen, the former Trump Organization consigliere who famously took the fall for his boss' porn star hush payment scheme and was ultimately imprisoned and disbarred. And Cohen said Trump lied about his role in a 2015 incident that left protesters bloody."

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