The Latest: Cohen denies discussing Trump with Tom Arnold

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Latest on a photo of President Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, and comedian Tom Arnold that has fueled speculation Cohen has secret tapes of Trump and is willing to share them (all times local):

5:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen says he didn’t discuss the president with comedian Tom Arnold, who is working on new TV show to hunt down recordings of Trump.

Cohen says in a tweet Friday he had a “chance, public encounter” with Arnold in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel and Arnold asked for a selfie.

Arnold tweeted the photo with Cohen and the caption “I love New York” and Cohen had retweeted it without comment.

The photo fueled speculation Cohen has secret tapes of Trump and is willing to share them.

Friday night, Cohen tweeted he “did not discuss being on his show nor did we discuss @POTUS. #done #ridiculous.”

Arnold is hosting a new show on Viceland called “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” and is investigating rumoured recordings of the president.

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10:36 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen has retweeted a photo of him and comedian Tom Arnold, who is working on a TV show to hunt down recordings of the president.

The photo fueled speculation Friday that Cohen has secret tapes of Trump and is willing to share them.

Last month, Vice announced that Arnold would be featured in a new show called, “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” and would investigate rumoured recordings of the president.

Arnold told NBC News that he met with Cohen at the Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan and they discussed the new show.

Arnold said they had been “on the other side of the table and now we’re on the same side.”

Arnold tweeted the photo with Cohen and the caption, “I love New York.” Cohen retweeted it without comment.

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