it doesn t like this news at all and that it was caught off guard, a source saying trump didn t know he was being recorded while his lawyers are probing what other potential tapes could reveal. they re also trying to put word out tonight that any other recordings that my exist are, quote, not substantive. this story has moved fast. so it is worth keeping the context in mind. these leaks make cohen look like something of a threat to donald trump. as michael cohen relies on his own lawyers to defend himself and a top hillary clinton aide. it was just three months ago, only three months ago in this lightningening warp speed era we live in that president trump was telling people on air force one cohen was still his attorney, meaning on his side, and that cohen could take all the tough questions on trump s behalf. you have to ask michael cohen. michael s my attorney and you ll have to ask michael. i haven t spoken to michael in a long time. a long time. in a moment i m going to speak
asked by my colleague about michael cohen s loyalty. this is what he said. i don t know if he s in trouble or not, but if you said to me and i had to flip a coin is he going to turn on president trump or turn on other people, i would say adamantly no. should that response help the president sleep better at night, dana milbank? well, yes if you rely on what the mooch says for all things. in the wall street journal report, they had another associate of cohen s and trump s saying if you put cohen on a scale of loyalty that he would be less than 1 out of 100. so that should not make that s what he apparently told the president. that should not make trump sleep well at night. you know, the president does demand loyalty of those who are serving him. but it s not he doesn t necessarily grand loyalty in return. now, michael cohen may have said he would take a bullet but he never said anything about taking a jail sentence and, you know, he has been a loyal to trump