There’s no denying that New York Attorney General Letitia James’ bombshell new announcement regarding her lawsuit against Donald Trump and his eldest three children is absolutely damning news for the former president and his eldest three children. However, according to Donald’s own former personal attorney and self-described “fixer,” Michael Cohen, people are paying attention to the broad, overall lawsuit, and missing a key point that’s falling in the cracks and could result in massive additional legal peril for the scandal-ridden ex-president — including a striking possibility of Obstruction of Justice charges.
Cohen sat for an interview on MSNBC with host Nicolle Wallace where they discussed the recent developments, and the former personal Trump attorney noted that subpoenas were sent to the ex-president regarding classified documents that Trump claimed to not have.
“There were subpoenas sent to the Trump Organization, to Donald, regarding these classified documents and he said, ‘we don’t have any.’ And they served him with a complaint,” Cohen said. “This is all in her documents. He of course opposes it, and they lose. The Trump organization lose. So then he appeals it. Delay, delay, delay. So he appeals it. He loses again. Takes it to the Supreme Court. Delay, delay, delay. And he loses again.”
Wallace went on to explain to viewers that this is what served as the catalyst to open up the financial information from the Trump Organization’s accounting firm, Mazars USA.
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“So, this what happens: he is obligated to turn over the financial records. Does he in? No,” Cohen continued. “And he complains there is no more documents for us to present. The FBI raid finds a box of financial documents exactly responsive to the subpoena. He now has an Obstruction of Justice case as well. Another.”
Wallace questioned if Cohen thought that was the driving force behind Trump’s desperate efforts to fight back so hard against the Mar-a-Lago document case. The former Trump attorney said that’s a likely theory, but there’s more to it than that in the end.
“He believes that by doing this he will be able to delay it long enough that the November — the midterm elections will change. And in fact, what they will do, he will try to exert pressure over the Republican Party to get the people to do what he wants,” Cohen explained.
Watch the interview here:
Featured image via DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos
