Stormy Daniels' lawyer feared Michael Cohen was 'going to kill himself' when he didn't get a White House job and reveals the text he sent the National Enquirer editor when Trump won the election

Stormy Daniels' lawyer was scared Michael Cohen was going to 'kill himself' when he didn't get a job in the Trump administration after the 2016 election, the hush money trial heard on Thursday.

Keith Davidson told the court he was 'concerned' for Cohen's welfare during a phone call in which the self-described 'fixer' revealed he wasn't being chosen as Trump's Attorney General or Chief of Staff.

'Can you f****** believe I’m not going to Washington after everything I’ve done for that f****** guy?, Cohen told Davidson. 

'I can’t believe I’m not going to Washington. I’ve saved that guy’s a** so many times you don’t even know.'

Lawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, shows correspondence with former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard in regards to the sale of McDougal's story of an alleged affair with former U.S. President Donald Trump, during Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 30, 2024 in this courtroom sketch

Michael Cohen, Trump's former 'fixer', was angry at not getting a job in his administration, the court heard

Trump communications aide Margo Martin heads to court for the trial

Cohen was referring to the hush money deal he made with Davidson to keep Daniels initially going public with allegations of an affair with Trump.

Davidson detailed the tortured process he went through where Cohen would go ballistic every time Daniels made a TV appearance.

The lawyer was also questioned about a statement he released denying Daniels and Trump had an affair.

Davidson squirmed on the stand when asked about a text he sent National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard in the early hours of November 9th 2016, the night of the election.

Davidson wrote: ‘What have we done’.

Speaking to the jury, Davidson said: ‘This was gallows humor.

'On election night as the results were coming in. It was a surprise amongst the broadcasters and others that Donald Trump was leading in the polls and that there was a growing sense folks were about ready to call the election.

'There was an understanding our efforts may have in some way assisted the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.'

The court heard that in a text Howard replied: ‘Oh my god’

Lawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, is questioned during former U.S. President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 2, 2024 in this courtroom sketch

Former U.S. President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings in his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, U.S. May 2, 2024

Trump's Deputy Communications chief Margo Martin and Eric Trump listen as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks outside of the courtroom

Davidson also represented Playboy model Karen McDougal who claimed to have had an affair with Trump.

The lawyer told the jury that Cohen called him ‘fairly frequently’ after the election.

During one call in mid December on a Saturday morning, Cohen called him seeming ‘very despondent and saddened’. 

Davidson said: 'He was calling me and he told me he was depressed, he used very colorful language about that stage of his life.

Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove asked Davidson about the December 2016 conversation with Cohen.

Bove asked if Davidson was ‘concerned’ for Cohen’s welfare after he got off the phone.

Davidson said: ‘I thought he was going to kill himself’.

Stormy Daniels, American pornographic film actress and director, at Oxford Union, Oxford, England, on May 24, 202

Former President Donald Trump talks to the media outside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2 2024

According to Davidson, Cohen was upset because he wasn’t getting a job in the Trump administration

Bove asked if Cohen thought he might become Trump’s chief of staff. Davidson replied that this job came up ‘amongst others’.

Bove asked if Cohen thought that at one point he was going to be Attorney General

Davidson replied: ‘That’s true.’