Legal Adviser Warned Trump: Cohen Will Definitely Flip

The Wall Street Journal reports:

One of President Donald Trump’s longtime legal advisers said he warned the president in a phone call Friday that Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and close friend, would turn against the president and cooperate with federal prosecutors if faced with criminal charges.

Mr. Goldberg said he cautioned the president not to trust Mr. Cohen. On a scale of 100 to 1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, Mr. Cohen “isn’t even a 1,” he said he told Mr. Trump…. In the call, Mr. Goldberg [-] said he told the president Mr. Cohen could even agree to wear a wire and try to record conversations with Mr. Trump. “You have to be alert,” Mr. Goldberg said he told the president. “I don’t care what Michael says.”

CNN reports:



Goldberg said the President had no response. He said the President called Friday morning and first spoke with Goldberg’s wife. Goldberg said he made his message very clear: “I said that people who face a long prison term invariably become government witnesses.”

He also told Trump not to speak to the special counsel. “They can jam you up even if you’re telling the truth,” he said he told the President. Goldberg said he views his role as a longtime adviser and attorney for the President “as telling him what my experience shows.”