Michael Cohen hired a former federal prosecutor who used to be a high-ranking official in the Manhattan office that is now investigating him. This is Cohen's first smart move in a while, and it will lead to speculation that he will flip soon. https://t.co/YEoO1OdUxG
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 19, 2018
NEW: An associate of Michael Cohen reportedly told @CNN he's willing to cooperate with investigators: "He knows a lot about Trump … If they want information on Trump, he [Cohen] is willing to give it."
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) June 19, 2018
New: Michael Cohen has been telling associates he wants Trump to cover his legal fees, which he has said are “bankrupting” him. He says he feels Trump owes him after his years of loyalty, and he’s frustrated Trump hasn’t offered. w/@rebeccadobrien https://t.co/l8fr1aVYQH
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) June 19, 2018
He’s been left twisting in the wind. Cohen’s real problem is that his shelf life has expired and Mueller no longer needs him. So now he’ll be prosecuted as the straight-up criminal that he is.
Which is what should happen to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has made a deal with the chairman of Halliburton, David Lester, to build a hotel and brewery on land donated to Zinke’s Great Northern Veterans Peace Park Foundation, by the BNSF Railway in 2008 to create a park for children to sled and skate in the winter.
How much the Zinke family is making off this deal is yet unknown.