Witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s trial testified Thursday that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was planning to “commit suicide” over losing his position in the Trump administration.
Keith Davidson, the former lawyer for Karen McDougall and Stormy Daniels, said he received a phone call from Cohen sometime in December 2016 while holiday shopping at a “bizarrely decorated” department store. , where Cohen testified that he expressed his frustration at not having a place in Trump’s cabinet. Mr. Davidson agreed after the phone call that he was concerned about Mr. Cohen’s “physical safety.” (Related: Judge imposes double standard by keeping Trump quiet, but gives Michael Cohen free rein, legal experts say)
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“I thought he was going to commit suicide,” Davidson said.
Davidson testified that Cohen was “depressed and depressed” at the time. Davidson said Cohen made remarks to this effect during a conference call.
Davidson said he received a “dejected and dejected” phone call from Cohen some time after the election, telling him that despite “everything he’s ever done” for Trump, he “wasn’t going to Washington.” They said they couldn’t believe it.
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“It was a long phone call. He told me he was depressed and depressed, and I said, and he used very colorful language about that stage in his life,” David said. Son said.
“‘Jesus, can you believe I’m not going to Washington? I can’t believe I’m not going to Washington after all this I’ve done for that son of a bitch,'” Davidson said. he recalled. “‘I’ve saved that guy’s ass so many times and you don’t even know it.'”
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker made several statements during his testimony that indicated he didn’t think Cohen was very trustworthy. Pecker agreed that Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, “has a tendency to exaggerate.”
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