Oh man, now it’s on like Donkey Kong. On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump’s former longtime personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen reportedly reached a tentative plea deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.
The news comes four months after the FBI raided Cohen’s office at the recommendation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In the April raid, documents were seized related to the alleged hush money his client paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 election — in addition to the payment for the “catch-and-kill” National Enquirer story paid out to former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal.
Details are still thin, but ABC News is reporting that should Cohen agree to cooperate, the information he provides could further boost Mueller’s Russian investigation into the meddling of the 2016 election. The New York Times confirms that the deal is connected to Cohen’s payments he made to women “for Mr. Trump.”
It’s still unclear if and how much Cohen will cooperate, but Trump’s one-time “pit bull” making a deal with feds is certainly one of the most damning events in the timeline of the Russia investigation. As such, people are preemptively celebrating the news on Twitter while anticipating that Cohen is going to fully turn on his former boss.
https://twitter.com/TheRealUbboUbbo/status/1031962191786856448
Michael Cohen right now: pic.twitter.com/LArSOz4qKb
— Dan Sharp (@DanSharp) August 21, 2018
michael cohen skipping down the street, singing:https://t.co/G3RbFa7SrV https://t.co/puamDni77s
— Brian Chiglinsky (@chiglinsky) August 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/1031963604105478147
https://twitter.com/DMatrixBlog/status/1031966608070041601
This Michael Cohen tweet didn't age well… pic.twitter.com/zwupH6oB47
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1031967251719577600
Cohen will be appearing before a Manhattan federal court at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, so get your bucket of popcorn or bottle of champagne ready now.