Texts from Michael Cohen to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman show how former President Trump's ex-fixer worked to protect Trump from scrutiny over the hush money payment central to his ongoing criminal trial.

"Please start writing and I will call you soon," Cohen wrote Haberman on Feb. 6, 2018, texts entered as evidence in Trump's criminal case show.

Cohen subsequently texted Haberman a statement claiming he had........

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