Michael Cohen Once Called Trump the 'Godfather of Politics'

ERIC W. DOLAN
16 APR 2018 AT 14:33 ET

President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney once compared him to a crime boss.

The Daily Beast on Monday highlighted a past interview with Michael Cohen, in which he called Trump the “godfather of politics.”

“He is now the godfather of politics,” Cohen told ABC News in 2011. “Everybody wants to see him, everybody wants his endorsement.”

An ABC News article from 2011 also reported that some Trump associates had nicknamed Cohen as “Tom” — a reference to Tom Hagen, the consigliore to Vito Corleone in the “Godfather” movies.

“It means that if somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit,” Cohen told ABC News. “If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I’m not going to let you go until I’m finished.”

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