GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - White House, Dems play blame game over evictions GOP skepticism looms over bipartisan spending deal Graham's COVID-19 'breakthrough' case jolts Senate MORE (S.C.) on Friday blasted Michael Cohen, President Trump
Donald TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - White House, Dems play blame game over evictions The Memo: Left pins hopes on Nina Turner in Ohio after recent defeats Biden administration to keep Trump-era rule of turning away migrants during pandemic MORE's longtime personal lawyer, over reports that he taped business conversations.
Lindsey Olin GrahamThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - White House, Dems play blame game over evictions GOP skepticism looms over bipartisan spending deal Graham's COVID-19 'breakthrough' case jolts Senate MORE (S.C.) on Friday blasted Michael Cohen, President TrumpDonald TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - White House, Dems play blame game over evictions The Memo: Left pins hopes on Nina Turner in Ohio after recent defeats Biden administration to keep Trump-era rule of turning away migrants during pandemic MORE's longtime personal lawyer, over reports that he taped business conversations. "Michael Cohen's an idiot. To be taping — if he did tape — conversations with his client, that's stupid," Graham said on "The Brian Kilmeade Show."
"I don't know what kind of legal advice Michael Cohen gave Donald Trump. I'm not really impressed with him as a lawyer, just to be honest with you," he added.
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The FBI raided the offices and hotel room of Cohen on Monday. The Justice Department confirmed on Friday that he is part of a criminal investigation.
The New York Times reported that Trump's advisers see the Cohen probe as a larger threat than special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) MuellerSenate Democrats urge Garland not to fight court order to release Trump obstruction memo Why a special counsel is guaranteed if Biden chooses Yates, Cuomo or Jones as AG Barr taps attorney investigating Russia probe origins as special counsel MORE's investigation into the 2016 election and potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
Robert (Bob) MuellerSenate Democrats urge Garland not to fight court order to release Trump obstruction memo Why a special counsel is guaranteed if Biden chooses Yates, Cuomo or Jones as AG Barr taps attorney investigating Russia probe origins as special counsel MORE's investigation into the 2016 election and potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. But, according to the Times, Cohen has privately said he did not make recordings of his conversations with Trump. The president's team has separately argued that records seized by the FBI are protected by attorney-client privilege.
Though Trump and Cohen spoke on Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was "not sure" if Cohen was still Trump's personal lawyer.
