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Monday 23 april 2018

Trump says he doesn’t think personal lawyer will ‘flip’

By JILL COLVIN bullet” for his boss. The story
Associated Press quoted several people on
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. the record.
(AP) — President Donald Haberman is widely seen as
Trump said Saturday that one of the most diligent re-
he doesn’t expect Michael porters covering the presi-
Cohen, his longtime per- dent and is known to speak
sonal lawyer and fixer, to with him often. The Times
“flip” as the government responded on Twitter, say-
investigates Cohen’s busi- ing it stood by the story
ness dealings. and praising Haberman,
Trump, in a series of tweets who was part of the team
fired off from Florida on the that just won a Pulitzer Prize
morning of former first lady for its reporting on Trump.
Barbara Bush’s funeral, ac- The tweets came as the rest
cused The New York Times of the country was prepar-
and one of its reporters of ing for the funeral of Mrs.
“going out of their way to Bush. The president chose
destroy Michael Cohen not to go to the Houston
and his relationship with service, but first lady Mela-
me in the hope that he will nia Trump attended. Trump
‘flip’” — a term that can tweeted that he would
mean cooperating with the watch from Florida.
government in exchange In a Monday, April 16, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal The president also fired off
for leniency. attorney, center, leaves federal court, in New York. several other tweets on Sat-
“Most people will flip if the Associated Press urday attacking the media
Government lets them looking for evidence of with the raid have told The Trump has said it was “an and fired FBI director James
out of trouble,” even if “it fraud as they conduct a Associated Press. attack on our country. Comey and announcing
means lying or making up criminal investigation. That Prosecutors have said In the tweets, sent shortly af- that he is considering of-
stories,” Trump said, before included records related to they’re investigating Co- ter he arrived at one of his fering a posthumous par-
adding: “Sorry, I don’t see payments Cohen made in hen’s personal business Florida golf courses, Trump don to boxing’s first black
Michael doing that despite 2016 to adult film star Stormy dealings but haven’t said accused the newspaper of heavyweight champion
the horrible Witch Hunt and Daniels and former Playboy what crime they believe he using “non-existent ‘sourc- more than 100 years after
the dishonest media!” model Karen McDougal, may have committed. Co- es’” in a Friday story about the late Jack Johnson was
The FBI raided Cohen’s both of whom allege hav- hen’s lawyers have called the relationship between convicted by all-white jury
home, office and hotel ing had sexual encounters the raid an assault on at- Trump and Cohen, who of accompanying a white

room earlier this month with Trump, people familiar torney-client privilege and has said he would “take a woman across state lines.q