Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his 'first loyalty'
Source: ABC News
Michael Cohen -- President Donald Trumps longtime personal attorney and a former executive vice president at the Trump Organization -- has always insisted he would remain loyal to the president.
He was the fix-it guy, the pit bull so fiercely protective of his boss that hed once described himself as "the guy who would take a bullet" for the president.
But in his first in-depth interview since the FBI raided his office and homes in April, Cohen strongly signaled his willingness to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York -- even if that puts President Trump in jeopardy.
My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will, Cohen told me. I put family and country first.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michael-cohen-family-country-president-trump-loyalty/story?id=56304585&cid=social_twitter_abcn
Link to tweet
Vinca
(50,170 posts)DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)Before trump does something to stop the investigation. One of the current Supreme Court nominee candidates is no record of saying that the president is above the law and not to be investigated. OMG. Left leaning purists should be very happy. No? Thanks fools for being one of the reasons we have trump.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)He's a lawyer. He knows that going public, spilling to the press, would only compromise whatever beans he has to spill. Like in Crime and Punishment, sometimes better to let the suspect squirm for a while until they incriminate themselves. Just hope Cohen doesn't get Putinized before he can talk.
djacq
(1,633 posts)mobeau69
(11,076 posts)orangecrush
(19,236 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)...out of the country.
czarjak
(11,191 posts)Too late to play the patriotism card, Dumbass.
janterry
(4,429 posts)Otherwise, just shut up
Raven123
(4,714 posts)rainin
(3,010 posts)RVN VET71
(2,686 posts)marble falls
(56,358 posts)them all first mean he's put cheetolini under country or family?
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Many in tandem with the Dicktator, some (perhaps) solo jobs. Who knows? Squealing on Trump may mitigate his sentence, but something tells me the mob ties have led Cohen down a very perilous path. He's going down, no matter what.
safeinOhio
(32,527 posts)as soon as he stops challenging evidence from the search warrants.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)He's a "bad" guy in the true sense of the word. His job was to ruin people's lives on behalf of DJT and he committed crimes while doing it.
He's a criminal, a mobster and a first class, lying asshole.
I hope he's forever fucked no matter what he does.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Doing the right thing (if that happens) after all he has done wrong, doesn't dismiss that he's evil. If he only is growing a conscience to save his own ass, it doesn't make him a good person. It just makes him a coward.
Still, I hope he's singing.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)They all have the same sneer and swagger. It appears to me that they seemed to exhibit the same distain for authority that the mobsters had when they had the fix in and the crooked authorities bought off. Trump is really just a low class con man with a family that would provide a ready made cast for a crime series staring Trump as Capone. It would be comical except for the danger they can be in a fragile world as they strive to imitate the Godfather. These pathetic wise guys and their molls imitators phony patriotism is like something out of the Soprano series.
rainin
(3,010 posts)This has to be a message to trump because public interviews are a really bad idea for someone in his position.
I see this as nothing more than giant bat signal to Trump that he better find a way save him now.
LiberalBrooke
(527 posts)Any attorney would tell him to be quiet and not give an interview. This is a clear signal to don the con to rescue him.
bucolic_frolic
(42,667 posts)walking deathbed conversion. how slammer the grim reaper motivates
BumRushDaShow
(127,299 posts)No soup for you!!
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)"Pardon me, or I'll make good on family & country before Trump"
If he was going to flip, he'd talk to Mueller's team and not announce his priorities on national TV.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)To see who tries to contact him with offers of pardons or cash. Everyone knows hes at Loews Regency, people coming and going.
Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)While talking to the press could be a signal for Trump to pardon, it also puts him at risk of a hit from Putin. I suspect your interpretation is correct.
Javaman
(62,439 posts)he was singing a different tune a year ago.
just spill the beans and go away.
denbot
(9,894 posts)I am also sure he and every thing he will be near will be wired up to catch the hush offer..
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He's a Russian-affiliated mobster who has apparently spent his life in criminal activity for personal gain, no matter the consequences.
I wonder if he paid all the taxes that were due on the millions he made? I'm betting not. That type of person is a "taxes are for the little people" arrogant kind of person.
I hope he sings like boid!
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)number 1 in his book, yada, yada, yada.
Bullshit.
If country and family was first in his book, then why did he take on rump as a client?
Traitor.
Nitram
(22,671 posts)spill the beans.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)
played. This is how you frame the coming story, which will be full of omissions.
"I'm a good patriotso when, in fact, I have nothing to reveal about Trump that's illegalyou can believe me.Go USA!"
He's got too much money and his own illegality tied up in this situation to come clean. He'd rather go to jail for a few years, as a patriotic martyr, than give up the millions he has hidden (or will receive) in some off-shore shell company or secret bank account.
enid602
(8,524 posts)Didn't tRump ever pay this guy? Those digs (carpet, couch, chairs, entertainment center) are pretty tacky.
Justice
(7,182 posts)Looks more like a roach motel or SRO.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Wife, daughter and son? Bullshit. No one can work for Trump and give a damn about a wife, daughter and son. Michael worries about Michael and what is best for Michael.
Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)I hope he has bodyguards; a lot of people won't wan't him telling all to Mueller.
Bayard
(21,805 posts)Think he'll drag this out till after the mid-terms?