Cohen Would Turn Against President if Charged, Counselor Warned Trump

[orangecrush]

One of President Donald Trump’s longtime legal advisers said he warned the president in a phone call Friday that Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and close friend, would turn against the president and cooperate with federal prosecutors if faced with criminal charges.

Mr. Trump made the call seeking advicel from Jay Goldberg, who represented Mr. Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s. Mr. Goldberg said he cautioned the president not to trust Mr. Cohen. On a scale of 100 to 1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, Mr. Cohen “isn’t even a 1,” he said he told Mr. Trump.

Mr. Cohen is under criminal investigation for potential bank fraud and campaign-finance violations. FBI agents raided Mr. Cohen’s home, hotel and office last week, seeking documents about, among other things, a $130,000 payment he made in October 2016 to a former adult-film actress to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump in 2006, The Wall Street Journal previously reported, citing people familiar with the matter.​Messrs. Trump and Cohen deny such an encounter occurred.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/cohen-would-turn-against-president-if-charged-counselor-warned-trump-1524093151


Trump has to be sodding his linens.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course he would.

Cohen said he'd take a bullet for Trump, but talk is cheap. When you're staring down the barrel of a prosecutor's gun, you might be a whole lot less willing to take that bullet (personally, I wouldn't take a mosquito bite for Trump). Cohen doesn't want to spend years in prison for Trump, who will soon pretend he barely knew Cohen because he was just a coffee lawyer who didn't really do much. Cohen? Who's that?

[Bleacher Creature]

2. If true, this would be Game, Set, and Match.