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During campaign, Trump bragged about online polls Cohen rigged

According to the Wall Street Journal, Michael Cohen paid a digital firm roughly $13,000 to help rig online polls to boost Trump’s popularity before the 2016 campaign. During the campaign Donald Trump frequently boasted about online polls.

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