Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen gloated about Trump's indictment on CNN.
"Since we're talking about convicted felons, see you on Tuesday, pal," Cohen said.
Trump's spokespeople have in previous statements to Insider called Cohen a "disbarred felon."
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Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer and fixer, gloated on CNN about how Trump may soon join him in the ranks of convicted felons.
Speaking to CNN, Cohen admitted that he was a "convicted perjurer," a "convicted felon," and a "disbarred lawyer."
But Cohen — who Trump's spokespeople have previously labeled a "disbarred felon" in statements to Insider — also alluded on CNN to how the label of "felon" might soon apply to Trump, too.
"Oh by the way for Donald, since we're talking about convicted felons, see you on Tuesday, pal," Cohen said, referring to the day that Trump is expected to be arraigned.
The grand jury voted Thursday to indict Trump, making him the first former president to ever face criminal charges. The charges Trump was indicted on in New York were likely linked to a $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels.
Cohen was a key witness in the investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to felonies linked to these hush money payments, including tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and bank fraud. He was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2018, and was disbarred by the New York Supreme Court in February 2019.
In a statement provided to Insider on Thursday, Cohen said that "no one is above the law." He said that that he takes solace "in validating the adage that no one is above the law; not even a former President."
Furthering the similarities between himself and Trump, Cohen referenced his "Al Capone theory" in the interview with CNN, saying that Trump, like him, would be punished for tax fraud.
He has put forth his "Al Capone theory," which refers to the notorious crime lord, numerous times.
"I always called this the Al Capone theory," Cohen told CNN on Thursday. "They couldn't get him on murder, extortion, racketeering, bootlegging, etc. They got him on tax evasion. If that crime, Don, was enough for me to be charged, fined, convicted, and sent to prison, why am I any different from Donald Trump?"
Cohen and a spokesman for Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.
Grandmaster_John on April 3rd, 2023 at 12:37 UTC »
He certainly missed the opportunity to say “C U Next Tuesday”
pangolin-fucker on April 3rd, 2023 at 12:02 UTC »
Donald is really doing a solid job of building a case for being held in custody as a potential threat to the community and the prosecution team
mountaintop111 on April 3rd, 2023 at 11:39 UTC »
This Manhattan DA case isn't the only crime that Trump may have committed. He is under investigation for other crimes as well:
Georgia is investigating him for his interference in the 2020 election. Trump has been on tape asking the Georgia Secretary of State to find 11780 votes.
Jack Smith, appointed as Special Counsel, is investigating Trump for Trump's classified material handling, and worse, Trump's possible obstruction of the FBI when they asked Trump to return the classified material.
Jack Smith is also investigating Trump for Trump's actions leading up to, and including, January 6th.
Here are the other crimes of Donald Trump:
Trump also could have been indicted for his crimes in the Trump Organization, the same crimes that his CFO, Allan Weisselberg has been charged for. The Trump Organization has already been found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud.
Trump was also found by Mueller to have obstructed justice up to 10 times.
In addition, these are the other criminals that were hired or affiliated with Donald Trump:
His National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI His campaign chairman was convicted on 8 counts. 10 counts were a mistrial. A Trump supporter on the jury, Paula Duncan, convicted Manafort on all 18 counts. His deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, pled guilty His personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pled guilty His foreign policy advisor on his campaign, George Papadopoulos, has pled guilty to lying to the FBI for contacts with Kremlin-connected Russians His long time advisor and associate, Mr Stone, was found guilty on 7 counts His Whitehouse chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was indicted for fraud in the border wall fundraising campaign His assistant and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, Peter Navarro, was indicted for Contempt of Congress