At the time that Mr. Cohen and Mr. Costello were speaking, Mr. Cohen was the target of a federal investigation partly related to the hush-money payment to a porn star at issue in the current state case.
And once Mr. Trump stopped calling, Mr. Cohen felt that Mr. Costello became his messenger, delivering implicit instructions to, in the former fixer's words, stay in the fold, don't flip, don't speak.
In one email to Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costello wrote, Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places. In the end, no one remained friends, and much of the tension stemmed from money.
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