President Donald Trump gestures to an exhibitor during the 2018 Made in America Product Showcase July 23, 2018 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Aug 22, 2018
President Donald Trump--who, as we all know, only hires "the best people"--offered a bit of deliciously ironic advice on Wednesday to anyone looking to, say, successfully cover up serious campaign finance crimes: Don't hire Michael Cohen, whose services Trump happily retained for over a decade.
"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!" Trump counseled in a tweet, his first public mention of Cohen since the attorney pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts.
\u201cIf anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don\u2019t retain the services of Michael Cohen!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1534941848
\u201cYeah, who would be such a moron as to hire him????\u201d— Thomas E. Ricks (@Thomas E. Ricks) 1534942138
Cohen--who Trump called a "fine" and "respected" person as recently as April--is probably not in a position to accept new clients at the moment, given that he just pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts and admitted that he violated campaign finance laws at Trump's direction.
Demonstrating that his judgement of lawyerly skill is impeccable, Trump has since hired Rudy Giuliani--who is better than Cohen "only insofar as he hasn't implicated [Trump] in a felony yet"--to lead his legal team.
Twitter users quickly had a field day with Trump's advice:
\u201cTrump only hires the best people: Michael Cohen: GUILTY. Michael Flynn: GUILTY. Deputy campaign manger Rick Gates: GULTY. Foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos: GUILTY. AND Campaign Manager PAUL MANAFORT: GUILTY\u201d— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1534945766
\u201cIn fairness to Trump, entering a criminal conspiracy with your client and then offering him up on a plea deal is something which would probably get you a fairly low mark on the Bar exam.\u201d— The Secret Barrister (@The Secret Barrister) 1534943297
\u201csomeone post this on Cohen's Yelp\u201d— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5 (@Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5) 1534942414
In a subsequent tweet on Wednesday morning, Trump claimed that the campaign violation to which Cohen pleaded guilty--and to which the president himself was implicated--was "not a crime."
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President Donald Trump--who, as we all know, only hires "the best people"--offered a bit of deliciously ironic advice on Wednesday to anyone looking to, say, successfully cover up serious campaign finance crimes: Don't hire Michael Cohen, whose services Trump happily retained for over a decade.
"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!" Trump counseled in a tweet, his first public mention of Cohen since the attorney pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts.
\u201cIf anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don\u2019t retain the services of Michael Cohen!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1534941848
\u201cYeah, who would be such a moron as to hire him????\u201d— Thomas E. Ricks (@Thomas E. Ricks) 1534942138
Cohen--who Trump called a "fine" and "respected" person as recently as April--is probably not in a position to accept new clients at the moment, given that he just pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts and admitted that he violated campaign finance laws at Trump's direction.
Demonstrating that his judgement of lawyerly skill is impeccable, Trump has since hired Rudy Giuliani--who is better than Cohen "only insofar as he hasn't implicated [Trump] in a felony yet"--to lead his legal team.
Twitter users quickly had a field day with Trump's advice:
\u201cTrump only hires the best people: Michael Cohen: GUILTY. Michael Flynn: GUILTY. Deputy campaign manger Rick Gates: GULTY. Foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos: GUILTY. AND Campaign Manager PAUL MANAFORT: GUILTY\u201d— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1534945766
\u201cIn fairness to Trump, entering a criminal conspiracy with your client and then offering him up on a plea deal is something which would probably get you a fairly low mark on the Bar exam.\u201d— The Secret Barrister (@The Secret Barrister) 1534943297
\u201csomeone post this on Cohen's Yelp\u201d— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5 (@Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5) 1534942414
In a subsequent tweet on Wednesday morning, Trump claimed that the campaign violation to which Cohen pleaded guilty--and to which the president himself was implicated--was "not a crime."
President Donald Trump--who, as we all know, only hires "the best people"--offered a bit of deliciously ironic advice on Wednesday to anyone looking to, say, successfully cover up serious campaign finance crimes: Don't hire Michael Cohen, whose services Trump happily retained for over a decade.
"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!" Trump counseled in a tweet, his first public mention of Cohen since the attorney pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts.
\u201cIf anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don\u2019t retain the services of Michael Cohen!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1534941848
\u201cYeah, who would be such a moron as to hire him????\u201d— Thomas E. Ricks (@Thomas E. Ricks) 1534942138
Cohen--who Trump called a "fine" and "respected" person as recently as April--is probably not in a position to accept new clients at the moment, given that he just pleaded guilty to eight criminal counts and admitted that he violated campaign finance laws at Trump's direction.
Demonstrating that his judgement of lawyerly skill is impeccable, Trump has since hired Rudy Giuliani--who is better than Cohen "only insofar as he hasn't implicated [Trump] in a felony yet"--to lead his legal team.
Twitter users quickly had a field day with Trump's advice:
\u201cTrump only hires the best people: Michael Cohen: GUILTY. Michael Flynn: GUILTY. Deputy campaign manger Rick Gates: GULTY. Foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos: GUILTY. AND Campaign Manager PAUL MANAFORT: GUILTY\u201d— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1534945766
\u201cIn fairness to Trump, entering a criminal conspiracy with your client and then offering him up on a plea deal is something which would probably get you a fairly low mark on the Bar exam.\u201d— The Secret Barrister (@The Secret Barrister) 1534943297
\u201csomeone post this on Cohen's Yelp\u201d— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5 (@Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair \ud83e\udda5) 1534942414
In a subsequent tweet on Wednesday morning, Trump claimed that the campaign violation to which Cohen pleaded guilty--and to which the president himself was implicated--was "not a crime."
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