Even Cohen believed the Daniels story threat was an extortion tactic, Blanche says, and it was another opportunity for Cohen to "take advantage"—he made a decision to pay Daniels the money and didn't tell Trump about it—he just wanted to take credit for it at a later date.

— Helen (@tenerduende.bsky.social) 2024-05-28T15:34:30.343Z

Now we get the mafia lawyer “He did it to impress his boss!” argument.