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I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone’s defense strategy. I am not a villain of this story, and I will not allow others to try to depict me that way.
— Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney and fixer, commenting during an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News on what he’d do if Trump’s legal team or Trump himself tried to discredit him and his legal work. When asked if he still stood by his past promises to “do anything” to protect the president, Cohen said, “To be crystal clear, my wife, my daughter, and my son, and this country have my first loyalty.” Cohen is currently under investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan as well as special counsel Robert Mueller.
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