Michael Cohen's lawyer confirmed Wednesday that the disgraced former Trump fixer asked him to discuss a presidential pardon after his 2018 arrest – contradicting Cohen's sworn testimony in a congressional hearing last week.
Cohen worked for President Donald Trump and his real estate company for more than a decade but turned on him last year, cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and a New York federal prosecutor.
He will begin serving a three-year prison sentence in May for lying to Congress, six-figure campaign finance violations, and bank and tax fraud.
Cohen told the House Oversight Committee last week: 'I have never asked for, nor would I accept, a pardon from Mr. Trump.'
That appears to be untrue.
Disgraced former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is going to prison for three years in May, but his lawyers asked White House legal counsels about a presidential pardon last year
President Trump has almost certainly dismissed the idea of pardoning Cohen, who turned on him and accused him of committing crimes while in office
Cohen is pictured Wednesday with attorney Lanny Davis at the U.S. Capitol after giving closed-door testimony to the House Intelligence Committee; Davis confirms that Cohen asked his former lawyer to feel out the White House about a pardon
His current lawyer, former longtime Bill Clinton confidant Lanny Davis, told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that Cohen sought presidential clemency from Trump after FBI agents raided his home, office and hotel room.
The FBI served its search warrants on April 9, 2018, upending Cohen's charmed life and sending a public signal that the special counsel probe could be circling the White House.
'During that time period, he directed his attorney to explore possibilities of a pardon at one point with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as well as other lawyers advising President Trump,' Davis said.
He described the discussions as amounting to an 'ongoing "dangling" of a possible pardon by Trump representatives privately and in the media.'
Lanny Davis's acknowledgment that Cohen did seek a presidential pardon could result in a new perjury charge for his client
Facing criminal charges and hostile media, Cohen hired Davis to represent him in early July and changed his public position on pardons.
'After July 2, 2018, Mr. Cohen authorized me as a new lawyer to say publicly Mr. Cohen would never accept a pardon from President Trump even if offered. That continues to be the case,' Davis said Wednesday.
Now Davis, an established Washington-insider attorney, is claiming Cohen's statement last week 'was true – and consistent with his post-joint defense agreement commitment to tell the truth.'
At the time Ryan asked about a pardon, several White House lawyers dismissed the idea – but not Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
A lawyer representing disgraced former Trump attorney Michael Cohen approached White House lawyers about the possibility of a pardon last year, and the president's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani didn't dismiss the idea.
Stephen Ryan (left) is the attorney who asked White House lawyers about clemency for his client Cohen last year while they were all sifting through Cohen's documents to see what might be subject to attorney-client privilege
Trump's free-wheeling personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani left the door open last year to a possible future pardon, even as White House lawyers ruled it out
Jay Sekulow and Joanna Hendon said they wouldn't consider it; the famously free-wheeling Giuliaini, however, said the concept could win the president's support in the future.
The topic came up while Ryan and attorneys for the president were working side-by-side to determine which of the documents in the FBI's possession would be subject to attorney-client privilege.
Ryan left the impression in separate discussions with Trump Organization attorneys Alan Futerfas and Alan Garten that promise of a pardon would keep Cohen from cooperating with New York-based federal prosecutors.
Cohen has appeared on Capitol Hill four times since last week: once for the public hearing where he testified that he never asked for a presidnetial pardon, and three more times behind closed doors.
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Main photo article Michael Cohen’s lawyer confirmed Wednesday that the disgraced former Trump fixer asked him to discuss a presidential pardon after his 2018 arrest – contradicting Cohen’s sworn testimony in a congressional hearing last week.
Cohen worked for President Donald Trump and his real estate c...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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