Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed

[kpete]

Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed
By Pamela Brown, Gloria Borger and Evan Perez, CNN

Updated 8:07 PM ET, Fri November 30, 2018


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After a March 2018 visit to Mar-a-Lago, the President's private club in Florida, Cohen returned to New York believing that his former boss would protect him if he faced any charges for sticking to his story about the 2016 payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, according to one source with knowledge. Trump was also at Mar-a-Lago at the time of Cohen's visit.

Another source said that after the April 2018 FBI raid on Cohen's office and home, people close to the President assured Cohen that Trump would take care of him. And Cohen believed that meant that the President would offer him a pardon if he stayed on message. It is unclear who specifically reached out to Cohen.


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Following the raid on Cohen's home and office, Cohen's attorneys had a legal defense agreement with Trump and his attorneys. During this time, there was a steady flow of communication between the two sides, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

At first, publicly, Trump seemed very supportive of his former attorney. On the day of the raid, Trump said Cohen was "a good man" and that the investigation reached "a whole new level of unfairness." He unloaded on law enforcement, calling the raids "a disgraceful situation."


But in the days that followed the raid, one source says, things started heading south with the President.



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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/politics/michael-cohen-pardon-expectation-donald-trump/index.html

[tanyev]

1. Donnie will eventually throw anyone under the bus to protect himself.

And I would be willing to bet that even includes Don Jr. and Ivanka.