Cohen Remains Salty About Prison Time: ‘I’m Not The One That Slept With The Porn Star’

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, arrives for a closed hearing before the House Intelligence Committee at the U.S. Capitol February 28, 2019 in Washing... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, arrives for a closed hearing before the House Intelligence Committee at the U.S. Capitol February 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. Cohen testified against U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday before the House Oversight Committee. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

While President Trump claims total exoneration, his former lawyer and fixer remains frustrated that his ex-boss didn’t get the same treatment as him.

Ahead of turning himself in to authorities to serve a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations and lying to the FBI, Michael Cohen railed against Trump to the New Yorker.

“You are going to find me guilty of campaign finance, with (Karen) McDougal or Stormy (Daniels), and give me three years — really?” he told the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin as part of an extensive profile on the former lawyer. “And how come I’m the only one? I didn’t work for the campaign. I worked for him. And how come I’m the one that’s going to prison? I’m not the one that slept with the porn star.”

It’s unclear what potential crimes Cohen thinks President Trump should be convicted of, but Cohen is clearly still salty about the lengths he went to defend and cover up for a man who is facing no punishment for his various misdeeds. In his report, special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 election, but the report said the behavior of witnesses tied to the Trump campaign “materially impaired” parts of the investigation.

The report also revealed that the special counsel’s office held back from offering a conclusion because they would not be able to charge Trump on obstruction due to the Justice Department opinion that sitting presidents could not be indicted. And the report crucially noted that if Mueller found clear evidence that Trump didn’t obstruct justice, he would’ve cleared him of it.

Cohen is one of two former Trump associates facing substantial prison terms for crimes primarily unrelated to the work they did for Trump before and during the 2016 election.

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. Still being peppered with interview requests though.

  2. I’m not the one that slept with the porn star.”

    But you have been in bed with Donald and other unsavory characters.

  3. Stop whining Michael, you are going to the country club of prisons, not to a hellhole state prison in Alabama.

  4. He’s curried favor with the FNM, the fake news media.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

73 more replies

Participants

Avatar for valgalky23 Avatar for fgs Avatar for rfscalf Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for old_curmudgeon Avatar for zoester Avatar for tacoma Avatar for eglot Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for bonvivant Avatar for invisiblehandwave Avatar for nemo Avatar for gusfabriani Avatar for birdford Avatar for michaelryerson Avatar for brian512 Avatar for j_publicus Avatar for busdrivermike Avatar for zillacop Avatar for occamscoin Avatar for paul_lukasiak Avatar for jmnly Avatar for ANNFFL Avatar for laparque

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: