“In every instance they raided a lawyer’s, the FBI raided lawyers, they’ve ended up in jail,” Deutsch said. “Michael can have one of two legacies. Michael can have a legacy of spending time in jail and being one of ‘all the president’s men’ — the man — or he can have a legacy in the history books that maybe changes the course of history and brings down this presidency. That’s obviously very heavy on Michael’s shoulders and decisions he has to make.”
Scarborough said Cohen shouldn’t worry about bringing down Trump’s presidency, but instead focus on telling the truth to investigators — but Deutsch said those choices cannot be separated.
“The calculus clearly changed for his story arc with what happened a couple days ago,” Deutsch said. “There is going to be that crossroad. That is why Donald Trump was sitting there the other day like this [with his arms crossed and glowering].”
“Donald Trump knows what’s there,” Deutsch added. “Donald Trump will do anything but allow this rock to be peeled open — even if this means him quitting or getting impeached. He’s not going to allow this process to go forward, he cannot.”