Will Michael Cohen Snitch on Trump?

[babylonsister]

April 11, 2018 2:11 pm
Will Michael Cohen Snitch on Trump?
By Eric Levitz


Michael Cohen does not typically treat those who threaten Donald Trump with tact or courtesy. The president’s longtime lawyer, fixer, and “personal pitbull” once boasted, “If somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit. If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab you by the neck, and I’m not going to let you go until I’m finished.”

On Monday, the FBI did something that “Mr. Trump” did not like. On orders from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, federal law enforcement raided Cohen’s home, hotel room, and office, seizing business records, emails, and other documents related to the attorney’s ostensibly illegal payment to Stormy Daniels (and possibly to other matters). The president called this measure “disgraceful,” a violation of “attorney-client privilege,” and an “attack on our country in a true sense.”

And yet, Cohen did not grab any FBI agents by the neck, figuratively or otherwise. Instead, he went on Donald Trump’s least-favorite news network, and said that “members of the FBI that conducted the search and seizure were all extremely professional, courteous, and respectful. And I thanked them at the conclusion.”

Asked if he was fearful, Cohen replied, “I would be lying to you if I told that I am not. Do I need this in my life? No. Do I want to be involved in this? No.”

Around the same time that Cohen made this confession, the Associated Press reported that Cohen has “confided in associates that he is fearful of being a fall guy.”

These developments — combined with Robert Mueller’s demonstrated talent for turning legally embattled Trump aides into snitches — has sparked speculation that Cohen just might sell his boss up the river. Judging by the intensity of Trump’s reaction to Monday’s raid, that prospect seems to have occurred to the president, too.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. He is so loaded up with dirt that he could probably be put away for life

which would make doing a plea deal for "lying to the FBI" (and whatever few years in prison that entails) to get the other stuff dropped (or majorly reduced). He's probably got the motherlode of stuff.

[Jarqui]

2. I suspect they can make him this kind of offer:

"a) don't flip and in your best case, we have enough to put you away until you're a very old man
or
b) flip now and you'll get out of jail in a few years

Either way, Trump is going down."

He looks soft. I think he'll flip.

[thbobby]

3. Like most bullies, Cohen is a coward inside

And like all in trump's orbit, he cares about himself most of all (I probably would too).

Schneiderman is the key to breaking him. New York state charges threatening him with decades of imprisonment, will make him turn on trump in a heartbeat.

[lindysalsagal]

13. That's my bet, as well. He didn't know 45 would run for president one day.

Hell, he might have tried to explain to the orangatan that he'll never survive a presidency, but we all know how well 45 responds to the handlers. He goes golfing, or holds a rally, and badmouths everyone.

[wiggs]

4. He said he never would, so he probably will. nt

[babylonsister]

5. Exactly! nt

[JohnnyDrama320]

6. Trump can pardon Cohen

Everyone seems to forget that. Odds are that he will.

[babylonsister]

7. Fat lady hasn't sung...

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/13/17226678/michael-cohen-raid-trump-pardon-law


Trump could pardon Michael Cohen — but it might not save him
State and federal law are different — and that might matter for Trump’s personal attorney.

[poboy2]

8. State crimes are non-pardonable. Nobody is 'forgetting' -nt

[DesertRat]

19. The pardon power is key to Trumps survival strategy

But he can't pardon himself. He'll have to count on Pence for that.

[The empressof all]

9. I think it is highly unlikely that he will flip

He is already mulling being the fall guy and is probably making peace with that. He has a mob mentality and will be loyal to the end...Who knows what kind of characters he's in bed with. They could very well kill his family. I don't think he will flip. But it would be Grand Drama if he does....

[Control-Z]

10. You have to wonder if this is the one person

Dirty Don actually paid well and on time. It would take a boatload of money to make a normal person pledge their loyalty to such a greedy bastard. What would it take to buy someone like Cohen?

And if anyone knows that the maggot is loyal to no one it is Cohen.

[Le Gaucher]

11. he will suddenly die in a car crash or from polonium poisoning or will fall off a building

his life is in danger

[lindysalsagal]

14. Helicopters and airplanes have become less safe these days....

[Kirk Lover]

12. It's all well and good to say now "I'll never rat on RUMP"...however, once the REALITY is in your

face he will rat out whomever to save his skin. It's human nature.

Rare is the rat that will drown in the bowels of the ship by choice.

[Le Gaucher]

16. that's why he is a dead man walking

[Blue_true]

15. If he does or does not, can't see him living long.

Unless Trump beg for him to be spared. He seem to know things that can get lots of powerful people serious jail time. In prison or out, don't think that he makes it.

[JohnnyDrama320]

17. NY State charges

I just have not seen anything up to this point in term of NY AG Schneiderman (sp?) filing charges against anyone - Cohen, Manafort, Kushner, etc. Everyone always says that the federal pardon isn't applicable to state crimes - and I get that. I just haven't heard a peep from the NY AG regarding any Investigation, let alone state charges.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. NY AG Schneiderman has filed over 100 lawsuits against Trump and his administration:

Tribe to Cohen: If Trump offers pardon, remember Schneiderman can still charge you for state crimes
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210495070

Schneiderman Steps Up Lawsuits Against Trump Administration
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017472381

Statement A.G. Schneiderman On Federal Court Ruling Granting Preliminary Injunction in DACA case
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141987083

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on What It Takes to Keep Trump in Check
https://www.gq.com/story/new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-trump-interview

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Schneiderman Had Donald Trump Under State Surveillance
https://patribotics.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/exclusive-eric-schneiderman-had-donald-trump-under-state-surveillance/?preview_id=4694&preview_nonce=877455fd8b&_thumbnail_id=7385&preview=true

[Drahthaardogs]

18. He's gonna sing like a canary.

Surely Trump knows this.