Howard texts Davidson on July 28, 2016: "I need this to happen."
Davidson testifies that AMI's then-General Counsel tells him to call Michael Cohen as they're trying to hammer out the details of the agreement between AMI and McDougal.
Davidson responds: "I've been trying like hell to avoid that." Explaining that in 2011, he dealt with Cohen and it was unpleasant and so he wanted to avoid dealing with Cohen again.
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