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Michael Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis: Trump directed him to commit a crime

By Naomi Lim
Published August 21, 2018 10:48pm ET
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Michael Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis: Trump directed him to commit a crime
Lanny Davis, attorney for Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane talks to members of the media during a news conference on Saturday Jan. 10, 2015, in Philadelphia. Davis discussed an investigation that could end with Kane facing criminal charges over a grand jury leak. Davis vows that Kane will be vindicated, whether or not she is charged. | (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

One of Michael Cohen’s lawyers suggested Tuesday that his client’s guilty pleas before a New York federal court have incriminated President Trump.

“Michael Cohen took this step today so that his family can move on to the next chapter,” Lanny Davis wrote on Twitter.

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