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Michael Cohen in Vanity Fair: "I'D DIE FOR MY WIFE AND MY KIDS. AND THIS IS ALL RUINING THEIR LIVES"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/michael-cohen-grapples-with-his-new-realityAccording to people familiar with the situation, Cohen’s friends told him that Trump chiding Giuliani was a signal that the president was looking out for Cohen. After all, the two have history. Cohen is one of only 46 people that the president follows on Twitter. At the end of the summer, Cohen told me that he would take a bullet for the president. But, according to these people, Cohen’s friends also warned him that at the end of the day, Trump only looks out for himself. And no matter the intention of his comments, Cohen recognizes that these interviews have complicated his legal situation. They have also added to his mental strain and financial burden. Cohen has told friends that he and his wife have lost a collective 20 pounds since the raids. According to friends of the Cohens, they have been approached by numerous friends and former clients asking if they can assist during this fraught time. The entreaties have been characterized as, “You’ve helped us so much and taken care of us. Now you need to make sure you take care of yourself.”
Cohen, indeed, has been consumed with his legal challenges. The warrants to raid his home, office, and hotel room were signed on April 8, and allowed the government until April 22 to execute the searches, according to two people familiar with the situation. But agents wasted little time, entering Cohen’s premises a little after 7 A.M. the next day. The warrants were also notably broad: they sought records related to the payment to Daniels; records about Karen McDougal, a former Playmate who also claims to have had an affair with Trump; and any records of communication between Cohen and A.M.I., the media company that owns The National Enquirer, and David Pecker, the Trump confidant and proprietor of the publication. (McDougal entered into a deal with A.M.I. during the 2016 presidential campaign cycle, effectively keeping her account from publication. In the weeks since the raids, The Enquirer put a photo of Cohen on its cover under the headline: “Trump Fixer’s Secrets & Lies.”)
The warrants also sought records related to the taxi medallions that Cohen owns, his bank accounts, loans, mortgages, L.L.C.s, communications with the Trump campaign, and communications about campaign-finance laws. The government walked away with about eight boxes of physical documents, including binders that the Cohens had punctiliously maintained, with tabs designated for each of their bank accounts and monthly statements for each one, hole-punched and placed within its correct tab, according to two people familiar with the situation. They also walked away with more than a dozen electronic devices—cell phones, iPads, laptops, external hard drives—about half of which belong to Laura and their two children. They devices contained data including study guides, photos of their kids and their friends on family vacations and posing like Charlie’s Angels, and Marvel movies downloaded to iTunes.
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None here either 
At least they are learning these things earlier in life than the Trump spawn. Their lesson is still a bit int he future but it will be a crash course. 
Now the flackery is all neat files and fraught times.
Winiest. Consigliere. Ever. 
