Donald Trump demands three qualities of his lawyers: (a) absolute loyalty; (b) a hyperaggressive approach to litigation; and (c) the ability to spin failures into successes in the media. Notably absent from this list is the ability to provide dispassionate, sensible legal advice, because he won’t listen to it. That’s why many prominent lawyers have refused to take him on as a client.
Roy Cohn famously was Trump’s idea of the perfect attorney: a man who would give no quarter, and would stop at nothing to get what his client wanted. As it turns out, however, Trump already has his own Cohn, and they are separated only by a “e.”
If Cohen’s story is to be believed, he paid $130,000 of his own money to Stormy Daniels without even consulting Trump, much less with any hope of repayment. What a guy! If you want absolute loyalty, what better evidence could you have of it?
Of course, no one actually believes this, which is undoubtedly why the search warrant was issued, and why Stormy may ultimately prove to be more dangerous to Trump than Mueller.