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Sean Hannity named in the Michael Cohen connection scandal

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opin...l-problem-for-michael-cohen-coates/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/17/media/sean-hannity-michael-cohen-fox/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/wat...ty-for-hiding-link-to-trump-lawyer-cohen.html

Wow I expect another ad boycott to happen at Fox News given the way the allegations are going. And Iheart's radio contract with Sean Hannity is also at play given how things are going.

Not even Fox News knew that conservative commentator Sean Hannity was a client of President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, until it was revealed in court Monday — and media ethics experts across the political spectrum are calling foul.

Hannity is the host of a primetime opinion show on Fox News, as well as a conservative talk radio show. He regularly discusses the president's legal affairs, and has often defended Cohen amid his mounting legal conflicts, particularly in the wake of an April 9 raid on the lawyer's office and residence.

Hannity, an outspoken Trump supporter who has a warm relationship with the president, never disclosed on air that he received legal services from Cohen.

Samuel Freedman, a professor at Columbia Journalism School specializing in media ethics, said Hannity's omission was "clearly an ethical violation."

"It's so blatant, it's not even a hard call," Freedman said, adding that he thinks Fox should cut ties with Hannity over the potential conflict of interest.

"I don't think they'll do it, but I think they should fire him," Freedman said. "This is a major breach. This isn't even a hard call."

It appeared to be a moot point Tuesday, however. Fox News said it still backed Hannity despite learning about his dealings with Cohen on Monday.

"While Fox News was unaware of Sean Hannity's informal relationship with Michael Cohen and was surprised by the announcement in court yesterday, we have reviewed the matter and spoken to Sean and he continues to have our full support," the cable channel said in a statement.

The mystery client
The connection between Hannity and Cohen was uncovered at a federal court hearing on Monday, in which Cohen's lawyer was forced to reveal a recent Cohen client who had not been identified in an earlier court filing.

Cohen had three clients between 2017 and 2018, according to the filing, but only two were named. One was Trump, whose lawyer, Joanna Hendon, also attended the hearing. The other was Elliott Broidy, a former Republican National Committee official who resigned following reports that Cohen brokered a nondisclosure deal worth $1.6 million with an ex-Playboy model who said she was impregnated by Broidy.

Lawyers for Cohen were unable to provide a list of Cohen's clients in a hearing on Friday, but refused to name a third client in the Monday filing, saying it was "likely to be embarrassing or detrimental to the client."

Judge Kimba Wood ordered Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan, to disclose the name in court on Monday. Ryan reportedly drew audible gasps from the courtroom audience when he revealed that the third client was Hannity.

It remains unclear whether Fox or iHeartMedia, which broadcasts Hannity's radio show, were aware that Hannity was Cohen's client prior to the courtroom admission. Representatives of iHeartMedia declined to comment on the news.
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Not sure that it's fair to hold Hannity to the same standards as a journalist. He isn't one, and he doesn't make any pretense of being one.
 
I am pretty tired of RadioPatrol's constant shouts of "SCANDAL!!" when it comes to anything remotely connected to Fox News or Sinclair.

I do agree that Hannity should have disclosed he was a client of Mr. Cohen's. But this is at most an ethical lapse, not a "SCANDAL!!"
 
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...742e4b01c279db447e3?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hannity-owns-real-estate-empire-linked-to-shell-companies

More Updates on Hannity

Records reviewed by The Guardian reveal that Fox News’ Sean Hannity is the owner a massive real estate empire spanning various states and spread across 20 shell companies. His real estate portfolio has “at least 877 residential units, which were bought for a total of just under $89 million,” the newspaper found. He reportedly brought up the majority of his holdings in 2013, after banks had foreclosed homes of owners who defaulted their mortgages. Hannity was a critical voice of the foreclosure rate during the Obama administration, reportedly saying that “millions more Americans suffering[.]” He also purchased apartment complexes in Georgia with the help the Department of Housing and Urban Development, who insured loans funding the purchases under the National Housing Act. These loans were first insured under the Obama administration, but were raised to $5 million under the Ben Carson’s reign as HUD Secretary.
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