Defense suggests Cohen didn't get WH job he wanted
Defense attorney Todd Blanche is confronted Michael Cohen with past communications -- with friends and his daughter -- to suggest Cohen was vying to be chief of staff or attorney general after Trump was elected in 2016.
"You told your daughter were disappointed?" Blanche asked about Cohen's response after Reince Priebus was named Trump's chief of staff.
"That I wasn't considered -- yes sir," Cohen said.
Blanche also suggested that Cohen wanted to be attorney general or special counsel the president.
"You told people you would like to be attorney general?" Blanche asked.
"I don't recall that," Cohen said.
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An earlier witness -- Stormy Daniels' lawyer Keith Davidson -- testified that Cohen told him that he wanted to be chief of staff or attorney general.
Cohen pushed back on Blanche's suggestion that Cohen wanted a job other than the one he was ultimately given: personal attorney to President Trump.
"I wanted a hybrid position -- one where I would still have the access to President Trump but not be a White House employee," Cohen testified, echoing his testimony from earlier this week.
"You still, even after November, were still looking for a position in the White House?" Blanche said.
"Yes sir," Cohen said before quickly correcting himself. "No."
"I didn't want the General Counsel's office - I made that crystal clear," Cohen said. "There was no shame in being personal attorney to the president of the United States."