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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:54 AM Jul 2018

Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him



By MJ Lee, CNN National Politics Reporter

Updated 2:31 AM ET, Fri July 6, 2018

(CNN)Michael Cohen has recently told friends that he is pessimistic that President Donald Trump will offer him a pardon -- one more indication that Cohen does not believe his former boss will have his back.

In a phone call with a friend several days before he was interviewed by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos last weekend, Cohen -- who was Trump's personal attorney for years and is currently under criminal investigation in New York -- said he did not believe Trump would wipe his slate clean using the presidential pardon. Cohen has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

"I brought up the pardon, and he said, 'I don't think so. I just don't think so,'" Cohen's friend told CNN. "He's certain in his mind that he has been dismissed." According to the friend, Cohen also said: "I don't know what to think any more."

A second friend who is in frequent touch with Cohen also told CNN that they have discussed the possibility of a pardon, and that it is clear that Cohen is not "counting on it."

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Michael Cohen tells friends he doesn't think Trump would pardon him (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
"doesn't think Trump would pardon him" Hayduke Bomgarte Jul 2018 #1
On a happier note.. Cha Jul 2018 #2

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
1. "doesn't think Trump would pardon him"
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 08:06 AM
Jul 2018

In other words, the pardon has already been promised. Whatever these cockroaches say, the opposite is usually true.

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