LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal fixer, sat down with ‘Good Morning America’ for his first interview since federal agents raided his office in April, he said it was a step toward reaching his ultimate goal of ‘resolution.’ But as revealing as it was, the interview that aired Monday morning seemed to raise more questions than it answered. Chief among them: How, exactly, does Mr. Cohen want to resolve his case? And in what way could his highly public appearance on TV help him achieve his objectives? At first blush, Mr. Cohen seemed to be suggesting in his interview with George Stephanopoulos that he was inclined to strike a deal with the Manhattan prosecutors who have been investigating him for months. When Mr. Stephanopoulos asked him what he would do if the prosecutors offered him leniency in exchange for incriminating information about Mr. Trump, Mr. Cohen flatly said, ‘I put family and country first.'”
-Alan Feuer and Niraj Chokshi, “Michael Cohen Hints at Cooperating With Federal Investigators. Or Does He?” The New York Times online, July 2, 2018