Michael Cohen made a rather public change in relationship status on Wednesday.
The longtime fixer for the president scrubbed his Twitter biography of a line identifying him as “personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump.”
This conspicuous move comes days after Cohen suggested to ABC News that he was considering flipping on Trump and cooperating with government prosecutors. Cohen also swapped out a cover photo featuring him standing at the podium at a Trump rally for an image of a rippling American flag.
Happy 4th! It looks like @MichaelCohen212 has made some changes. pic.twitter.com/FZfC1wKfy1
— Emily Jane Fox (@emilyjanefox) July 4, 2018
The New York attorney has for years positioned himself as Trump’s primary defender, once vowing to “take a bullet” for his boss. But this week he told ABC that his family has his “first loyalty and always will.”
“I put family and country first,” Cohen said.
Cohen told ABC he plans to wait until new attorney, Guy Petrillo, officially joins his team to decide on the prospect of a plea deal. He intends to end a joint-defense agreement with Trump as soon Petrillo is on board.
Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York are investigating Cohen for bank fraud and campaign finance violations, among other possible crimes. The case was referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Cohen’s LinkedIn page, which is hyperlinked from his Twitter, has not yet been updated.
The New York attorney has for years positioned himself as Trump’s primary defender, once vowing to “take a bullet” for his boss.
Finally Discovering that taking a bullet for Trump gets you dead
If I was Trump I would be “troubled” or “deeply concerned” which is what Republicans express when the shit hits the fan
The reporter responding here, Emily Jane Fox, said that Cohen is reconsidering his “legacy,” and is considering that he could be seen as a “John Dean” type figure. At this point, Mueller probably has everything he needs, but the drama would be … satisfying.
Technology is amazing. Click the delete button and wipe out more than a decade of your life. The thing is, once something is on the internet, it never really goes away.
This guy is so dumb it’s actually almost touching.
Says a great deal that he was Trump’s attorney. Dumb and dumber.
Was that before or after he got a text message from somebody other than the Coward-in-Chief shouting “You’re fired!”