Will Michael Cohen Flip On His Boss?

[sheshe2]

Ouch.

Michael Cohen has never faced attorneys like the ones investigating him.
The federal prosecutors looking into Cohen, the longtime lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, have deep and varied experience with financial crimes such as bank fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. On Friday, they submitted a court filing that gave the first glimpse into the investigation that exploded into the public eye with an FBI raid on Cohen’s office and home on Monday.

Because of attorney-client privilege issues, it is exceedingly rare for attorneys’ offices to be raided as Cohen’s were. There are multiple safeguards against prosecutorial abuse in this regard, such that any attorney to whom this happens is usually found (or pleads) guilty of conspiracy to commit a crime.

And most attorneys aren’t stupid enough to tape all their conversations with their clients.

Cohen has long been counted as one of Trump’s most ardent loyalists. But Cohen of all people would know that Trump doesn’t return loyalty. Beyond that, Trump can’t protect him. Much as Trump may have been trying to signal his intent to protect his associates using the Scooter Libby pardon, Cohen is being investigated for both federal and state crimes–and presidential pardon power doesn’t extend to state crimes.

And Cohen is potentially looking at doing a lot of time in the big house, assuming that judges allow the various recordings and pieces of evidence taken in the raids to be used against him. It’s unlikely that a future Republican president will intercede on his behalf. He’ll be left hanging in the wind.

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Blowing in the wind.

[Laffy Kat]

1. There's no honor among thieves. nt

[samnsara]

2. they'll flip. They arent stupid enuff to actually believe trump wont be relieved of office...

..before he can grant a pardon.

[oberliner]

4. You think the Republicans will vote to impeach Trump?

[oberliner]

3. Trump can pardon him for any federal crimes

[sheshe2]

6. Yet he can't for state crimes. nt

[oberliner]

8. Governor could

[mnmoderatedem]

10. but if it's NY they won't

[oberliner]

36. NY had a Republican governor for 12 years - up through 2007

Anything can happen in politics.

[mnmoderatedem]

37. all the more reason to vote!

cant' imagine the governership flipping in NY based on everything that has transpired.

[XRubicon]

11. Yeah, nothing to worry about right?

right?

[oberliner]

13. I don't think he will flip on Trump

[XRubicon]

16. No need to worry then.

Everything will be ok.

[oberliner]

35. That is exactly why I do worry

I wish Cohen would flip so that all the ugly truth can come out about Trump.

We need every advantage we can to swing the R's in Congress to impeach.

[smirkymonkey]

14. Won't.

It would be a stupid move.

[sheshe2]

15. Of NY?????

Nope.

[oberliner]

34. NY had a Republican governor for 12 years - up through 2007

You never know what can happen in politics, as 2016 illustrates.

[Squinch]

30. Governor won't. As I'm sure you know.

[oberliner]

33. Depends who wins the election

You do know that New York had a Republican governor for 12 years up to 2007, right?

[Squinch]

38. What's with you? You know there isn't going to be a republican governor.

[wishstar]

5. He is too tight with Russian mob like Manafort and won't flip

and he hopes for pardon

[sheshe2]

12. The newspaper.

The Don.



He knows that.

Crime family and they are coming for him. He knows this and he will flip.

[democratisphere]

7. All is lost.

I still think he will protect drumpf to his own demise.

[kentuck]

9. Not immediately but...

..if they show him that he can go to jail for up to 20 years or he can cooperate and serve 2 years or less, then he might reconsider?

[unblock]

17. He built his life around loyalty to Donnie.

Stupid move on his part, obviously, but he's the sort of person who thinks he's doing the upright and proper thing by being loyal to Donnie to the bitter end.

Making a deal means not just admitting failure but doing something he thinks is dishonorable.

Can't see him doing it.

That said, not sure it's needed. Sounds like they have hard evidence, hopefully more than what they need.

[bearsfootball516]

18. I don't think he will.

[Codeine]

19. He cannot.

The Mob is tied into this group too deeply. He knows if he flips he’s dead, sooner or later.

[Hekate]

23. I think he & Manafort may be more afraid of getting whacked for talking ...

...than of going to prison for saying nothing.

[Squinch]

31. This is true. I don't think he'll flip, but he will be convicted and lots of sewage willl

become public. I wouldn't be overly surprised if, when he and Manafort got to jail, one or both of them met with unfortunate accidents even if they don't flip.

[ProudLib72]

20. This needs to be written in 30s mobster slang

"Youse gonna sing like a canary, see? Else youse gonna find yourself cooling your heels in da big house."

[Tatiana]

21. This fool is arrogant and will hold out to the very end.

Like Manafort.

I think this ends with him going to prison.

[LiberalFighter]

22. If he doesn't flip... too bad

FBI probably have plenty on him by now. And whether he flips or not that material will come out and still destroy him and DT. IMO

[misanthrope]

24. I'll believe it when I see it

Remember his nickname? "Tom?" He's not consigliere for nothing.

[EffieBlack]

25. I suspect he' already started crying like a baby and singing like a bird

He's a wimp. He talked big when he had Trump backing him up and he was dealing with people who didn't know any better. But he's in the big leagues now and has never encountered anything like this. He's probably not talking much smack now - at least not to Mueller.

[american_ideals]

26. No future president better pardon ANY of these fools and criminals.

The Nixon pardon was a travesty.
Obama's decision not to prosecute the torturers, and not to expose the Iraq war lies, was a travesty.

None of this "moving on" stuff. As a country we need to face our past and let the rule of law rule. Criminals should be prosecuted and go to prison.

[lunasun]

27. Nope

[flibbitygiblets]

28. I wish. Heard he cried in court Friday?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. Sounds like

a good candidate for The Witness Protection Agency. If he was a mob attorney, you'd be watching behind you forever.

[Vinca]

32. This guy is so dumb he'll do time rather than tell the truth about Trump.

Meanwhile, back on the golf course, Don will be convulsed in laughter for the first time in his life.