President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has hired Lanny Davis, a lawyer for the Clinton White House, to represent him amid his ongoing legal battles.
“Like most of America, I have been following the matter regarding Michael Cohen with great interest,” Lanny Davis said in a statement shared by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
“As an attorney, I have talked to Michael many times in the last two weeks. Then I read his words published on July 2, and I recognized his sincerity,” the statement continued. “Michael Cohen deserves to tell his side of the story — subject, of course, to the advice of counsel.”
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Davis in statement on Cohen retaining him: pic.twitter.com/KIV3Kt0Aym
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018
Davis, a Democrat, served as special counsel to former President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998. He joins Guy Petrillo as Cohen’s legal counsel.
In a sign that Trump’s former lawyer may be prepared to provide damaging information about the president, Cohen told ABC in his first in-depth interview since the FBI raided his offices, home and hotel room in April, that his “first loyalty” was to his family and his country.
“To be crystal clear, my wife, my daughter and my son, and this country have my first loyalty,” he said Monday.
Investigators are looking into whether Cohen violated campaign finance laws when he made a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, in exchange for her to stay quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
