Another warning shot? Trump’s ex-lawyer hires Clinton ally
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Another warning shot? Trump’s ex-lawyer hires Clinton ally

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen could be sending the White House yet another warning shot by adding a close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton to his legal team. Lanny Davis confirmed his hiring Thursday, saying in a statement that he and Cohen had talked “many times in the last two weeks” and that the former Trump confidant “deserves to tell his side of the story.” Cohen, who once boasted he would “take a bullet” for Trump, told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos last weekend that he now puts “family and country first” and that protecting the president is not his priority. “It would be foolish just to sit around and assume that the pardon is coming.” Davis said in his statement that he had been following Cohen’s case with “great interest” and in May, before his hiring, suggested Trump fire personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani after Giuliani claimed the president had reimbursed Cohen for the Daniels payment. Trump denied reimbursing Cohen and said Giuliani needed to “get his facts straight.” Cohen hasn’t been charged. In a Fox News interview last year, Cohen declared: “I will do anything to protect Mr. Trump.” He told Vanity Fair, “I’m the guy who would take a bullet for the president,” adding, “I’d never walk away.” ___ Follow Sisak at twitter.com/mikesisak

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