"You have now a Republican-leading candidate who is a felon who is going to be debriefed on national security issues knowing how loosely lipped he is," Cohen said.
Trump biographer David Cay Johnston said on Saturday that he thinks the former president "is inviting Judge Merchan to give him a sentence behind bars."
Following the historic guilty verdict on all counts against former President Trump on Thursday, legal experts say the case will have "reversible problems" when appealed.