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Michael Cohen Has Become a Trumpworld Pariah: Time to Keep a Distance
Friends wont even call President Trumps longtime attorney out of fear that his phones are bugged.
Lachlan Markay
Asawin Suebsaeng
05.21.18 5:13 AM ET
In March, Michael Cohens lawyer went on NBC to declare with 100 percent certainty that President Donald Trump had not reimbursed Cohen for a $130,000 payment to Trumps alleged porn star mistress. The president has now officially confirmed that that was not the case.
The now-refuted claim by Cohens lawyer, David Schwartz, illustrated the potential pitfalls for allies of Cohen and his one-time client, the president, in publicly defending Cohen in the face of a rapidly escalating scandal. What began as a controversy over a six-figure payment to silence the presidents alleged mistress during the 2016 campaign has ballooned into to a far larger scandal involving the sale of Trump administration access to corporate clients with business before the federal government, and even foreign state actors accused of seeking to bribe top White House officials.
Schwartz continues to serve as Cohens spokesman in addition to his attorney. But his TV appearances have receded since late March, leaving the task of defending Cohen to White House allies and surrogates who are increasingly wary of being forced to stick up for the man at the center of the biggest Trumpworld scandal since the Russia investigation.
Michael Cohen, in short, has become a Trumpworld pariah.
Senior White House officials habitually dodge questions on Cohen, his predicament, and its potential consequences for the president, instead referring related questions to attorneys representing Cohen and Trump. Officials privately wish that President Trump never talked or tweeted publicly about his personal lawyerwhich, true to form, is a wish the president has refused to grant.
Two prominent allies of the president, who also know Cohen well, told The Daily Beast theyve begun ignoring or declining requests from cable news bookers to discuss Cohen on-air. Its time to keep a distance, one of these people said.
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(12,618 posts)He'll flip on you like a coin when the pressure truly hits.
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(82,849 posts)Trump creates them like Voldemort created horcruxes.