It's been a rough week for Michael Cohen, the longtime Trump fixer and certified brain genius who was raided by the FBI seven days ago. We learned the FBI has been investigating him for months, possibly tapping his phones and reading his emails.

But that wasn't all.

In a Monday court filing, Cohen's lawyers said their client had represented three people over the last year. Initially, they named two of them: Donald Trump and Elliot Broidy, both Republicans—Broidy was the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee—for whom Cohen negotiated payoffs with women.

Later Monday, we learned the identity of the third Cohen client: Sean Hannity.

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BREAKING: Fox News anchor Sean Hannity is named in court hearing as 3rd client of Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen - @Tom_Winter — NBC News (@NBCNews) April 16, 2018

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BREAKING: Attorney for Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says Cohen performed secret legal work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity. — The Associated Press (@AP) April 16, 2018

As many have already pointed out, Fox News' chief blowhard correspondent has been railing against the Russia probe for months. Recently, he has more specifically decried the FBI raid on Cohen as evidence Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe has gone "off the rails" and that Mueller has "declared war" on the president:



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With the benefit of hindsight, Hannity is almost breathless as he kicks off the segment. His voice nearly cracks as he declares that "Mueller is out to get the president." His tie is askew. It's almost like he's ... personally affected by the news. At no point, of course, did Hannity disclose his obvious conflict of interest—or, more aptly, his vested interest in keeping Cohen out of the crosshairs. This would be a breach of journalistic ethics if Hannity was a journalist or had ethics.

The news apparently broke about 10 minutes before Hannity was supposed to start his radio show today. Luckily, it appears Everything Is Fine:

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UPDATE: Hannity's radio show, scheduled to start at 3PM is a train wreck.



First 10 mins was music and clips of the Comey interview.



Then Hannity came on and said they'd continue to play the Comey interview while he though about whether to say something https://t.co/2ETkMLmmAs — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 16, 2018

Now the question is: Why did Hannity enlist Cohen's services?



Update (4/17/18): Hannity issued a statement in response to the reports:

Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective. I assumed those conversations were confidential, but to be absolutely clear they never involved any matter between me and a third party.



Separately, Hannity suggested he wanted Cohen's advice about "real estate."

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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