UPDATE : ABC News says Cohen Is Likely To "Flip" And Co-operate With Prosecutors ///// Report: Criminal Indictment Of Trump's Personal Lawyer Is Imminent
UPDATE : Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump ’s longtime confidant and former personal attorney, is likely to cooperate with federal investigators, as his lawyers are expected to leave the case, sources said.
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MSNBC is reporting this morning that Michael Cohen's lawyers have been informed that indictment papers are in the works for their client. Criminal charges against Trump's personal lawyer Cohen could come as early as tomorrow, according to NBC news.
The next question will be, will Cohen "flip" now that he is about to be charged with crimes that carry prison sentences? One theory is that Cohen is making this news public now so Cohen can signal to Trump that he wants some protection in the form of assurances of pardons or some other help from the president.
Another theory is that Cohen is waiting to see what the exact charges are before deciding whether to co-operate and possibly implicate Trump or others in wrongdoing.
In any case, the legal troubles for the Trump circle are growing more concerning.
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His shady land deals and banking deals are being looked at. They involved Kushner.
Follow the money trail.
MSNBC is reporting this morning that Michael Cohen's lawyers have been informed that indictment papers are in the works for their client.
His lawyers have quit. Cohen is now broke from legal fees. Where is the "story" about Cohen "flipping" coming from?
I have heard the Cohen got rid of them.
It is hard to see how he is all the sudden broke.
You must have been watching CNN or reading the Washington Post, neither knew the reason why Cohen's lawyers were gone.
Here:
The McDermott lawyers representing Cohen are Stephen Ryan and Todd Harrison. A source tells the Times that the split is primarily over payment of Ryan’s legal bills.
www.abajournal.com/news/article/mcdermott_is_reportedly_parting_ways_with_its_client_michael_cohen
It is hard to see how he is all the sudden broke.
Lol! Lawyers will do that. Avennati said they broke him and he claims o know what Cohen had to pay them. It is part of the governments tactics
From your link,
They don't know any more than we do. It could be one way it could be the other. I was offering what I heard, as were you.
As far as him supposedly being broke, he has a lot of property worth millions.
How can he be broke after all the money (millions) from his "pay for play" schemes? Could it be that most of the money went to his partner in the "pay for play"?
Or could he have dropped his lawyers for different reasons entirely? Like Gates did just before agreeing to cooperate with Mueller?
When you're laundering money for mobsters and oligarchs in Russia the money it looks like you have isn't really yours. I'm sure he was well paid for his services, but not in the tens of millions it looked like he was profiting from the sales of these properties. And if he tried to pocket more than his share I'm sure he knew what body of water he'd be trying to tread with his new pair of concrete shoes.
So who is that fake source?
He may find himself laced up in a pair of concrete sneakas this week.
So they found another witch.
MS(13)BC "reporting". They are giving Stephen King a run for his money on made up stories.
So admissions of guilt are "made up stories"?
Be specific, which part are you claiming is "made up"?
I think he’s still stuck on the made up story about Obama being born in the US.
Cohen being involved in the President's colluding with Russia to win the election.
How do you know it is false?
What does it have to do with what Mueller was to be investigating? Absolutely NOTHING.
Unlikely. People have been watching too much "Law & Order." They seem to think any time someone gets arrested, they get off by producing evidence on Mr. Big. We have heard this "flipping" speculation about countless witnesses or people charged and yet neither Trump nor anyone near him has been exposed as a result.
The truth is this flipping business doesn't happen most of the time and prosecutors don't give up on a conviction unless they really have to.
Also, it's pretty clear that Cohen has been under investigation for some time and not for anything related to his representation of Trump. The guy looks like a crooked lawyer for lots of reasons. And while it makes for sensational headlines to connect him to Trump, it appears that Trump was a small part of what he was doing, and obviously the work he did for Trump was a small part of Trump's affairs.
Tick tock tick tock.
I remember when bannons indictment was imminent as well.. "sources" say... can we just wait until things actually happen?
I don't remember anybody thinking Bannon would be indicted. Manafort, yes. Bannon, no.
Actually you are right.. I meant I remember when "sources said" Gannon was flipping on trump and testifying etc etc