they re torturing the guy. they re trying to frighten him. he handled delicate matters in trump s personal and professional life. here is cohen on the subject of his client prior to the inauguration. i ll do anything to protect mr. trump, the family. fortunately mr. trump has a ke to hat t number of people. little circle of extremely loyal people. and we will do what s necessary to protect him and the office of the presidency. that raid of cohen s home and office a few months back yielded a large trove of documents, in addition to numerous cell phones and computer, which the feds are using to try to figure out if he broke the law during any of his siness activities, including paying out things like hush money to porn star stormy daniels who claimed to have an affair with trump. while cohen described his relationship with trump as offering protection, here s how trump described it.