Trump calls ex-lawyer Michael Cohen a ‘weak person,’ ‘liar’ after plea deal

By Robert Donachie

Published November 29, 2018 3:50pm ET

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Trump calls ex-lawyer Michael Cohen a ‘weak person,’ ‘liar’ after plea deal — Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message." | (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

President Trump called his former attorney Michael Cohen a “weak person” and a liar after he accepted a plea deal Thursday from special counsel Robert Mueller in his ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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