Michael Cohen, who testified against Trump and helped prosecutors secure 34 felony counts, recently called him "boss" again on a radio show. Trump claimed Cohen recanted his statements, but Cohen hasn't withdrawn his sworn testimony. Walker sees it as Cohen shifting his narrative to blame prosecutors instead, reviving a loyalty that never quite ended.
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Donald Trump and Michael Cohen are back together again. Finally, a Hallmark reunion movie for people under federal investigation. Michael Cohen was Trump's lawyer and fixer for years. He once said he would take a bullet for Trump. Then he pleaded guilty to federal crimes, went to prison, testified against Trump, wrote books attacking Trump, and helped prosecutors convict Trump on 34 felony counts. Now Cohen is calling him boss again. That's not a relationship. That's a loyalty program with no expiration date. During their friendly radio interview recently, Trump praised Cohen for supposedly recanting everything he'd ever said. There's one small problem. Cohen has not recanted everything nasty he said about Trump. Cohen has claimed that prosecutors pressured and coerced him. He has criticized the way they built their cases, but he's not withdrawn the court testimony he gave under oath about Trump. Cohen didn't recant his testimony. He recanted his career strategy. This is a man who testified before Congress that Trump was a racist, a con man, and a cheat. He described Trump in his book as an organized crime don and a master manipulator. And now he's essentially saying he's the sleaziest, shadiest, most manipulative criminal I ever worked for. And is he hiring?