'Don't take me, take Melania!': Trump will TURN on his own family claims disgraced attorney Michael Cohen after it was revealed the Trump Organization and its CFO are being criminally probed
Michael Cohen said on Wednesday he expects former President Donald Trump to flip on his own family, as the Trump Organization faces a criminal probe and its CFO Allen Weisselberg is being investigated for tax fraud.
'I think Donald Trump is going to flip on all of them,' he told Joy Reid. 'What do you think about that? Including his children.'
He explained: 'I really believe that Donald Trump cares for only himself, and he realizes that his goose is cooked,' so when he will be asked about the Trump Organization's finances he will blame everyone else.
In an interview with The ReidOut host Joy Reid on Wednesday former Trump Organization Vice President Michael Cohen, right, said that he believes former President Donald Trump would turn on his family in the criminal investigations into the organization, visibly surprising Reid
'I think Donald Trump is going to flip on all of them,' he told Joy Reid. 'What do you think about that? Including his children'
The Trump Organization is run by Trump's adult children, Eric (left), and Don Jr. (right)
'It’s never Donald,' Cohen, the former vice president of the Trump Organization, said. 'See, this is the problem. It’s never, ever Donald Trump. It’s always somebody else.'
'It wasn’t Donald Trump who had the affair,' he continued. 'It wasn’t Donald Trump who directed me to make the payments to Stormy Daniels. It wasn’t Donald Trump who got the benefit of the relationship and the actions. It was Michael Cohen. And I’m the bad guy into it. Why? Because I didn’t take the fall.'
So, he said, when 'all of a sudden they turn around and start asking him about his tax returns or about the devaluation of the assets or the way that he took deductions,' he will say, ‘I don’t do my taxes. It’s my accountant.’
'He’s going to turn on his accountant and point the finger,' Cohen said, visibly surprising The ReidOut host. 'He’s going to say "Don Jr. handled that, Ivanka handled that. Melania. Don’t take me. Take Melania!"’
'He’s going to tell them to take everyone except for himself.'
Trump's organization is facing criminal investigations from both state and New York City prosecutors.
The building where the chief financial officer of The Trump Organization Allen Weisselberg owns an apartment is seen on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The State Attorney General's Office is also investigating Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg and his personal finances
The State Attorney General's Office is looking into Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg's personal finances, while prosecutors in the district attorney's office are investigating Weisselberg's role at the Trump Organization, his personal finances, and benefits he gave to his son Barry, a long-time employee at the Trump Organization.
Prosecutors are hoping to find leverage that could sway Weisselberg into cooperating with authorities, according to CNN, potentially raising the legal stakes for Trump and his family.
He has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but on Tuesday, the state district attorney's office's announced that it was joining the Manhattan DA's criminal investigation into the Trump Organization and has informed the company that its investigation is no longer solely civil in nature.
The Attorney General's Office, led by Cyrus Vance, has been investigating possible criminal tax fraud since 2018.
The organization is run by Weisselberg and two of Trump's adult children, Donald Jr. and Eric
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