Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, entered a tentative plea deal with federal prosecutors on Tuesday that potentially includes bank fraud, tax evasion, and campaign finance violations, ABC News reported.
“Given Cohen’s proximity to Trump during the past decade, including throughout his meteoric rise from mogul and reality television star to the White House, observers consider him one of most potent legal thorns to confront Trump’s presidency since he took office,” ABC notes.
In response to reports of the Cohen plea agreement, Michael Avenatti, the personal attorney of adult film actress Stormy Daniels, tweeted a jab at Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani:
“I’m not surprised by the news. The only thing that I’m surprised about is that it took this long,” Avenatti added in an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday.
Watch:
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT