Laura Ingraham Asks Eric Trump Why His Father Retained ‘Jughead’ Michael Cohen: ‘How Did He Ever Get Hired?’

An incredulous Laura Ingraham asked Eric Trump on Monday night why his father hired Michael Cohen as his attorney.

Hours earlier, Cohen testified about his time as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. The former president is on trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors say Cohen paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep her quiet about an affair she says she had with Trump in 2006, and that Trump later reimbursed Cohen and fudged records to conceal the hush money payment.

Cohen ultimately pleaded guilty to his role in paying the hush money – and other crimes before being sentenced to federal prison.

During The Ingraham Angle, the host asked Eric Trump to shed some light on why his father hired Cohen.

“What kind of a guy was he?” she asked. “I met him a couple times, and I don’t want to be uncharitable toward anybody. I really don’t. But he didn’t seem impressive to me. And your father is an unbelievable, like, judge of so many people and situations. How did he ever get hired? Like, I called him ‘jughead’ and that’s kind of juvenile, I guess. But he seems like a jughead to me… Staff is so important. This guy was the go-to guy? Why?”

Trump dodged the question of why his father hired Cohen in the first place and alleged Cohen is full of sour grapes toward the former president over being denied a job at the White House.

“Well, it’s the very reason my father didn’t want to take him to Washington, D.C.” Trump replied. “And by the way, he sat there for an hour today talking about how mad he was, right? He was literally sending text messages to people, ‘I’m going to be chief of staff. I want to be chief of staff.’ He is lobbying for this.”

“How much of this is resentment?” Ingraham asked.

“It’s a lot of resentment,” the guest answered.

Watch above via Fox News.