Michael Cohen Claims Donald Trump Never Liked Lara, Made Fun of Her Looks

Former President Donald Trump didn't like his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, for "many years," according to his former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

Speaking on Tuesday with Ben Meiselas, co-founder of the progressive media outlet MeidasTouch, Cohen reacted to Trump's endorsements for the next leadership roles at the Republican National Committee (RNC). The former president released a statement Monday night supporting Lara Trump, who is married to his son Eric, to be second in command of the party as co-chair of the RNC.

According to Cohen, however, the former president wasn't a fan of his daughter-in-law for several years. Cohen also described Lara Trump as "an idiot," adding that he wasn't attacking the former television producer "to be mean" but because it was "true."

"In fact, first and foremost, Donald didn't even like her for many, many years," Cohen continued on the latest episode of Meiselas' Political Beatdown podcast. "He didn't want Eric to even marry her. He had found somebody else that was working at the Trump Organization that he wanted Eric to marry.

"And of course, not only did Donald make fun of her looks, but so of course did [Donald Trump Jr.] and Ivanka [Trump], they all made fun of her looks. They just didn't like her at all," Cohen continued.

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Lara Trump married her husband, Eric, in November 2014 at the former president's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Cohen first joined Trump's family business, the Trump Organization, in 2006 as an attorney. He worked with the former president through most of his first term, including serving as a spokesperson for Trump during the 2016 election. Cohen later flipped on his former boss in 2018 amid a criminal investigation into allegations that he broke campaign finance laws and other crimes while working as Trump's "fixer."

Since pleading guilty to the charges, and serving a related three-year prison sentence, Cohen has become an adamant critic of Trump, including testifying against the former president in his business fraud case in New York last fall. Trump has repeatedly dismissed past attacks from Cohen and has accused him of being a "proven liar."

The position for the next RNC chairman is rumored to be up for grabs this coming spring, according to reports that the current chair, Ronna McDaniel, is planning on stepping down from her role later this month. Such reports, however, have yet to be confirmed by McDaniel or the RNC.

Trump also endorsed Michael Whatley, the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, to be McDaniel's successor on Monday to lead beside Lara Trump. Whatley has been a staunch supporter of Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was plagued with voter fraud. Cohen described Whatley as an "election denier" and the "MAGA portion of the Republican Party" while speaking with Meiselas.

"What most people don't seem to understand is that the RNC is not there for Donald Trump," Cohen continued. "The RNC is an organization that is supposed to be for every Republican that is running."