YOU WERE JUST EIGHT YEARS OLD?
THIS KID JUST GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL.
JUAN: HELLO I'M JUAN FERNANDEZ.
LEYNA: AND I'M LEYNA NGUYEN.
A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE.
HIS FORMER PERSONAL ATTORNEY AND
SELF-DESCRIBED FIXER MIGHT BE
TURNING AGAINST HIM.
POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE BRYAN
SHOWS US WHAT MICHAEL COHEN IS
NOW SAYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
REPORTER: IT'S PRETTY CLEAR HE'S
LOOKING FOR A DEAL BUT THE
QUESTION IS WITH THE PRESIDENT
FOR A PARDON OR SPECIAL COUNSEL
TO TESTIFY?
IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH ABC
MICHAEL COHEN SEEMED TO GO OUT
OF HIS WAY TO CREATE BUSINESS
WITH MR. TRUMP ADAMANTLY
DISAGREEING WITH THE PRESIDENT
ON SEVERAL HOT-BUTTON ISSUES AND
DECLARING HE IS NOT A PUNCHING
BAG AS PART OF ANYONE'S DEFENSE
STRATEGY AND HIS LOYALTIES TO
FAMILY AND COUNTRY FIRST.
LOYALTY TO THE PRESIDENT?
HE NEVER MENTIONED IT.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP RECENTLY?
REPORTER: MOST ANALYSTS AGREE
IT'S AN EFFORT TO SEND A STRONG
MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
LONGTIME LAWYER OF MICHAEL COHEN
ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIXER TOLD ABC
IN AN OFF-CAMERA INTERVIEW TO BE
CRYSTAL CLEAR MY WIFE, MY
DAUGHTER AND MY SON IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE MY FIRST LOYALTY.
ABC NEWS REPORTS NOW WANTS IN
THE 45 MINUTE INTERVIEW DID
MR. COHEN DECLARES LOYALTY TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THIS FROM A MAN WHO DESCRIBED
HIMSELF AS A LOYAL EMPLOYEE AND
A GUY WHO WOULD TAKE A BULLET
FOR THE PRESIDENT.
NO ONE ASKED IN THE INTERVIEW OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTED THEM TO
MAKE 130,000-DOLLAR PAYMENT TO
STAR STORMY DANIELS TO PROTECT
TRUMP OR -- COHEN SAID WEDNESDAY
IT WILL ANSWER BUT FOR NOW I
CAN'T COMMENT FURTHER ON THE
ADVICE OF MY COUNSEL.
WHEN ASKED IF HE WORRIED HE
MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF
CREATING AN ADVERSARIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. TRUMP
COHEN RESPONDED WITH HIS MOST
OFFENSIVE ANSWER, I WILL NOT
READ A PUNCHING BAG AS PART OF
ANYONE'S DEFENSE STRATEGY.
I AM NOT A FILL-IN THE STORY AND
I WILL NOT ALLOW
TO DEPICT ME THAT WAY.
COHEN ALSO DEPARTED FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TWO OTHER
ISSUES.
IN RESPONSE THE PRESIDENT
SLAMMING THE FBI WHILE CALLING
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION A TOTAL WITCHHUNT.
COHEN TOLD ABC I DON'T AGREE
WITH THOSE WHO DEMONIZE OR
VILIFY THE VIP I RESPECT THE APP
THE EYES AND INSTITUTION -- THE
FBI.
COHEN SAID I DON'T LIKE THE TERM
WITCH HUNT.
AS AN AMERICAN I REPEATED RUSSIA
OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE OR METAL IN
OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND I
WOULD CALL ON ALL AMERICANS TO
DO THE SAME.
SOME DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THIS
INTERVIEW SENDS THE STRONGEST
SIGNAL YET THAT COHEN IS READY
TO MAKE A DEAL WITH ROBERT
MUELLER AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
IN NEW YORK AND TO PROVIDE
RELEVANT INFORMATION.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN
TED LIEU TOLD "CNN" HE THINKS
COHEN MAY BE TIPPING THE
PRESIDENT IF HE WANTS A PARDON.
READING BETWEEN THE LINES IT
SEEMS LIKE HE'S TELLING THE
PRESIDENT THAT HE WILL LIKELY
FLIP ON THE PRESIDENT IF HE IS
CHARGED AND HE IS HOPING IN HIS
OWN MIND THEY THINK TO TRY TO
GET A PARDON AND I THINK THAT
WOULD BE A GRAVE MISTAKE AND I
HOPE THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT GO
DOWN THAT PATH.
A PURPOSE OF OUR MICHAEL COHEN
HASN'T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY
CRIME AND THE "WASHINGTON POST"
REPORTS THAT TODAY MORE THAN
1 MILLION EVIDENCE OF ITEMS THAT
THE FBI SEIZED FROM COHEN'S HOME
OFFICE AND HOTEL ROOM IN APRIL
WAS HANDED OVER TO THE
