Longtime Trump Lawyer: Cohen Will Flip Because He Can’t Handle the ‘Rigors of Jail Life’

Jay Goldberg, a confidante and former lawyer for President Donald Trump, believes Michael Cohen may eventually crack because he is too weak “to stand up to the rigors of jail life.”

In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett Thursday night, Goldberg said Cohen, Trump’s attorney who’s been accused of paying porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money for her alleged affair with the president, was under pressure from himself and his family.

“They don’t see Michael as taking the pressure or a fall for somebody else,” Goldberg told Burnett. “And if the government requires a certain kind of cooperation or gives out a hint as to what could be necessary, the record has shown.”

Theorizing further about how Cohen would fare behind bars, Goldberg ventured into some uncomfortable territory using wording that was murky at best in its clarity.

“I think in many ways, and it’s difficult to say this, prison has a racial overtone,” he said. “And the person like Michael doesn’t see himself walking down Broadway while people are clamoring you’re going to be my wife. And so he is under pressure from his family to try to figure out what it would take to bring the government aboard as his sponsor.”

Goldberg suggested Cohen would be able to work out a way to avoid a serious prison sentence by cooperating with the government.

“I don’t say that the government has importuned him to say certain things that are not true, but a witness in Michael’s position is able to glean what it would take to get a letter of cooperation from the government and thereby avoid a lengthy prison term,” Goldberg said.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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