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A former federal prosecutor explained why it would be “stupid” for President Donald Trump to pardon his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen.
\nCohen split with the president in an interview with ABC News, breaking his silence on the criminal investigation he’s at the center of.
\nThe interview fueled speculation that Cohen is preparing to “flip” and cooperate with prosecutors.<\/p>\n
A former federal prosecutor explained to Business Insider that it would be counter-productive for President Donald Trump to pardon his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen following the ABC News interview<\/a> in which he broke his silence on the federal criminal investigation he’s at the center of.<\/p>\n “Some people are speculating that this is Michael Cohen making a final threat\/plea to POTUS for a pardon,” Mitchell Epner, an attorney at Rottenberg Lipman Rich who was previously an assistant US attorney for the District of New Jersey, told Business Insider. “That is possible, but it would be very stupid on POTUS’s part.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n NOW WATCH: Why the North Korea summit mattered even if it was ‘mostly a photo op’<\/a><\/p>\n See Also:<\/p>\n Michael Cohen just made a move that Michael Flynn made days before sealing a deal with Mueller, and he could be ‘preparing the way to flip’ on Trump<\/a>Michael Cohen breaks his silence and makes a full split from Trump: ‘I put family and country first’<\/a>American politics are at a boiling point after ‘one of the most intense months’ in memory<\/a><\/p>\n SEE ALSO: Michael Cohen just made a move that Michael Flynn made days before sealing a deal with Mueller, and he could be ‘preparing the way to flip’ on Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/img><\/a>
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