Michael Cohen claims Trump always hated daughter-in-law despite RNC endorsement

Former Trump lawyer and fixer turned critic Michael Cohen has said that the former president despised his daughter-in-law Lara Trump for “many years”.

Cohen’s comments come after Donald Trump endorsedher for co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

The ex-Trump ally was speaking to the co-founder of the left-leaning media outlet MeidasTouch, Ben Meiselas, when he shared his reaction to Mr Trump’s endorsement.

On Monday, Mr Trump put out a statement backing Michael Whatley, the RNC general counsel and chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, and a fellow election denier, to take over from RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.

“I think my friend Michael Whatley should be the RNC’s next leader,” Mr Trump said.

“Michael has been with me from the beginning, has done a great job in his home state of North Carolina, and is committed to election integrity, which we must have to keep fraud out of our election so it can’t be stolen.

“My very talented daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, has agreed to run as the RNC co-chair. Lara is an extremely talented communicator and is dedicated to all that MAGA stands for. She has told me she wants to accept this challenge and would be GREAT!”

Cohen, who was sent to prison for campaign finance violations and other crimes in connection to the 2016 campaign when he was still working for Mr Trump, said he wasn’t trying to be “mean” when he recalled Ms Trump as being “an idiot”.

“In fact, first and foremost, Donald didn’t even like her for many, many years,” Cohen said on the Political Beatdown podcast, hosted by Mr Meiselas. “He didn’t want Eric to even marry her. He had found somebody else that was working at the Trump Organization that he wanted Eric to marry.

“And of course, not only did Donald