Lanny Davis: ‘Anybody Associated With Trump Campaign Has A Lot To Worry About’

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: Lanny Davis attends the Newsweek & The Daily Beast 2012 Hero Summit at the United States Institute of Peace on November 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

December 12, 2018 1:45 p.m.

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Michael Cohen’s former lawyer Lanny Davis — who worked as a special counsel to former President Bill Clinton — said on MSNBC following Cohen’s sentencing Wednesday that anyone involved with the Trump campaign should be concerned about their legal fate.

When asked if he thinks Trump’s children will be indicted, Davis wouldn’t say, but suggested they had plenty to worry about.

“I would say (Trump’s children) have a lot to worry about. I don’t know who the ‘they’ is, in that anybody associated with the Trump campaign has a lot to worry about,” he said. “Bob Mueller, who’s akin to a submarine, silently fueled by facts and only facts, no leaks and just watch and wait and that’s what Mr. Cohen will do and then Michael will tell the truth once Mueller is finished.”

The comments follow Cohen’s sentencing on Wednesday, in which he received three years in prison for lying to Congress, violating campaign finance law and several other federal crimes.

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mames5 says:

December 12, 2018

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
mattinpa says:

December 12, 2018

mames5:

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Well, we’re certainly finding out that Santa Three Sticks knows who’s been naughty.
erik_t says:

December 12, 2018

A lifetime of stocking-stuffer experience would explain why Donald Trump has such a hard-on for big, clean, beautiful coal.
davidn says:

December 12, 2018

“Anybody” sure has sweeping context.

And I for one believe it.
erik_t says:

December 12, 2018

RUH ROH

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