and i have been firm for weeks about this. i called it first. i family roomily believe he is going to flip. i firmly believe he is going to tell prosecutors and investigators a lot of damaging information about the president. and what the president did by way of these tweets is, he laid the foundation to argue later that somehow michael cohen has fabricated all of this and it s not true. i think it s clear as day what the intent of these tweets were. it was that coupled with trying to send a message to michael cohen that he s got his back despite the fact that finior 18 months he kicked him to the curb and blew him off. what would it mean for your client stormy daniels if, in fact, michael cohen were to flip? well, if he comes clean with investigators and, in fact, states that the president knew about the agreement and that there was purposeful steps to withhold information relating to the payment and the coverup of the payment, we would effectively win our case.
most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble. even if it means lying or making up stories. sorry, i don t see michael cohen doing that despite the horrible witch hunt and the dishonest media. what s your reaction to that? well, i have a couple reactions. one, i think the tweets are most important for what they don t state and what they don t state is, i haven t done anything wrong and i have nothing to hide and therefore i don t care if michael cohen talks to prosecutors or individuals from the fbi. it was shocking to me that that s nowhere to be found within those tweets. but he did let me interrupt. he did say he was concerned michael cohen potentially would lie or make up stories if he decided to cooperate given the enormous pressure on him, his kids, his family, the legal expens expenses. you think he would make up stories in order to cooperate with law enforcement? well, i don t know if he d make up stories or not, but i think it s clear why the preside
the president s made it clear that he has nothing to add. donald trump and his allies keep talking about whether the president s lawyer michael cohen will flip on the president. this whole conversation in public is very odd because innocent people don t have anything to worry about if there is flipping because without solid evidence, you can t incriminate them, so there s no flip. now keep that in mind as you hear trump allies debate the risk that cohen might pose. you think michael cohen flips? i think it s very hard not to flip when they re threatening you with long, long imprisonment. why is the president talking about the notion of michael cohen flipping if the president didn t do anything wrong. he s defending someone he s worked with and known for many
states which says the congress is a check and balance to the executive branch, unless you have the in time honest information that you need. that s one of the elements he failed. thank you, senator, appreciate the time. thank you. mike pompeo s confirmation and future talks with north korea are just two issues facing president trump, who is on his way back to washington as we speak after leaving palm beach florida just minutes ago. must also dewith growing spec lakes about whether his longtime lawyer michael cohen will flip on him. a continued barrage of questions, and new questions about director scott pruitt s sweet deal at the condo. we have a reporter for the daily beast and a time magazine contributor. let me get your sense of the pressure the without, the pressure that they see michael cohen as being until at this point. a sense to the way the warehouse
york times this, quote, donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage, end quote. and now the times report that trump s lawyers are resigned to the strong possibility that cohen will flip. the president may be wishing he d been just a little bit nicer to cohen. that as we have news out of the stormy daniels lawsuit in california to tell you about. lawyers for michael cohen want the case delayed, arguing that anything cohen says could be used against him in a criminal investigation in new york. the judge saying he needs to hear from cohen in his own words, if he wants to plead the fifth. we re also learning tonight that stormy daniels former attorney is cooperating with investigators in new york. and we have breaking news that could impact a coming historic meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. pyongyang announcing a freeze on nuclear tests. a source tells cnn kim jong-un wants to open up north korea and normalize relations with other countries. but it s important