Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen warned that it could possibly be “dangerous” to have former President Donald Trump spend time in jail, contending he have to be held liable, simply differently.
“He needs to be held accountable, and do I believe if it was anyone else, that individual would already be in prison or jail? The answer is emphatically yes,” Mr. Cohen stated on CNN Monday.
“But because he was president of the United States, and for four years he was debriefed on a daily basis on our national security secrets, I personally, as an American citizen, would be concerned,” he added, “because Donald is the kind of guy to sell any of that information for a bag of tuna or a book of stamps, and I do really mean that.”
Mr. Cohen was arrested in 2018 for his connection to marketing campaign finance expenses and mendacity to Congress after he helped organize payouts in the course of the 2016 presidential race to cease two ladies from revealing their alleged affairs with Mr. Trump. The longtime lawyer and confidant of the previous president spent 13 months in jail and the remainder of his sentence in house confinement.
Since then, he has distanced himself from the previous president and has served as a witness in Mr. Trump’s court docket instances.
The former president is going through 4 legal instances in Washington, Florida, Georgia and New York and one civil case in New York. He wouldn’t face jail time for his New York civil case, however the remaining are honest recreation.
“It’s dangerous for America to have somebody like Donald Trump in an environment where he can share the information,” Mr. Cohen stated. “He’s already shared that information with members of Mar-a-Lago and others, so why would he not do it if it benefited him somehow, someway in a prison situation?”
He stated a greater various can be a “very significant home confinement scenario,” with not a variety of guests and no golf time.
The Washington Times reached out to the Trump 2024 presidential marketing campaign for remark.
