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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew development in Cohen case: Does this mean he is flipping?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/19/politics/michael-cohen-criminal-lawyer-guy-petrillo/index.html
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New development in Cohen case: Does this mean he is flipping? (Original Post)
triron
Jun 2018
OP
Thank you, Maeve, for your insight here!! I wait breathlessly on a daily basis for
Leghorn21
Jun 2018
#5
The lawyer he obtained also knows and has worked w/ the prosecutors so he was not
Trek4Truth
Jun 2018
#9
Oh lord have mercy on my tortured brain cells, Trek!! This sounds so marvelous!! Thanks!! nt
Leghorn21
Jun 2018
#10
Squinch
(50,955 posts)1. He keeps begging for a pardon. He's been "about to flip" about 15 times now.
triron
(22,006 posts)2. Also this fron ABC
triron
(22,006 posts)3. And from Vanity Fair
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/michael-cohen-has-hired-a-new-lawyer
Looks like a high powered attorney.
Looks like a high powered attorney.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)4. He's getting a lawyer who knows the office that is prosecuting him
He's trying to get better advice than he thinks he's been getting. The secret is in the amount of evidence they have and what he has to offer in return---and those are still "unknowns" for outsiders, including journalists.
That said, he has to feel like he's in a pressure cooker and the latch is about to blow!
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)5. Thank you, Maeve, for your insight here!! I wait breathlessly on a daily basis for
CONFIRMATION this fucker has flipped, once and for all!!!! - and I knew he got a new lawyer today, but of course didnt know what it might mean - until your post here, that is!!
Many thanks!!
Trek4Truth
(515 posts)9. The lawyer he obtained also knows and has worked w/ the prosecutors so he was not
hired to do combat with them but to work with them! Good news on this bleak day.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)10. Oh lord have mercy on my tortured brain cells, Trek!! This sounds so marvelous!! Thanks!! nt
triron
(22,006 posts)7. Seth Abramson's take:
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)6. Nice not to be him.
Gothmog
(145,293 posts)8. Cohen wants his legal fees paid
Roland99
(53,342 posts)11. Boo. Fucking. Hoo.