Before he met Donald Trump[1], Michael Cohen[2] was a nobody who shared an office with his brother that was so small they could only fit one desk, sources said.
“You had to leave the room to change your mind,” said Gregory Ehrlich, the former music executive who introduced Cohen to Trump in 2004.
Cohen and his brother Bryan had an office in the Fifth Avenue headquarters of Bruce Winston Gem Corp., the jewelry business of one of the sons of Harry Winston.
Ehrlich, who worked with Guns N’ Roses, Marky Mark and George Michael, said Cohen wanted to buy an apartment in Trump Park Avenue, so Ehrlich introduced him to Trump.
“He always wanted to be a big shot, a mogul. He always wore a pinkie ring,” Ehrlich said. “He liked being called Trump’s fixer.”
Cohen isn’t even a Republican, Ehrlich said. After Cohen donated to the campaign of Patrick Kennedy, Ehrlich brought him to a clambake at the Kennedy compound in Cape Cod, where he was thrilled to meet Hillary Clinton.
“Michael loves celebrities,” Ehrlich said, “and Trump was the biggest celebrity he’d ever met.”
References
- ^ Donald Trump (pagesix.com)
- ^ Michael Cohen (pagesix.com)