In a recently recorded phone call, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen walked back parts of his guilty plea.
Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded phone call that he hadn't evaded taxes and that a criminal charge related to his home-equity line of credit was "a lie." As he prepares to begin a three-year prison term on May 6, Mr. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, expressed dismay during the conversation that after testifying for more than 100 hours to federal and congressional investigators about his work for Mr. Trump-including the coordination of hush-money deals with two women-he remained "a man all alone."
"You would think that you would have folks, you know, stepping up and saying, 'You know what, this guy's lost everything,'" Mr. Cohen said during the March 25 call, recorded without Mr. Cohen's knowledge by the actor and comedian Tom Arnold.
Mr. Arnold, a vocal critic of President Trump who first made contact with Mr. Cohen in June, provided the recording to The Wall Street Journal for review.
"My family's happiness, and my law license," Mr. Cohen continued.
Mr. Cohen testified in February in the House of Representatives that Mr. Trump committed crimes, including directing the hush-money schemes during the 2016 presidential campaign involving the two women.
"I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter in December.
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Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded phone call that he hadn't evaded taxes and that a criminal charge related to his home-equity line of credit was "a lie." As he prepares to begin a three-year prison term on May 6, Mr. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, expressed dismay during the conversation that after testifying for more than 100 hours to federal and congressional investigators about his work for Mr. Trump-including the coordination of hush-money deals with two women-he remained "a man all alone."
"You would think that you would have folks, you know, stepping up and saying, 'You know what, this guy's lost everything,'" Mr. Cohen said during the March 25 call, recorded without Mr. Cohen's knowledge by the actor and comedian Tom Arnold.
Mr. Arnold, a vocal critic of President Trump who first made contact with Mr. Cohen in June, provided the recording to The Wall Street Journal for review.
"My family's happiness, and my law license," Mr. Cohen continued.
Mr. Cohen testified in February in the House of Representatives that Mr. Trump committed crimes, including directing the hush-money schemes during the 2016 presidential campaign involving the two women.
"I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law," Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter in December.
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Cohen Betrayed: Tom Arnold Leaks Phone Call Where Former Trump Attorney Admits To More Lies
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