In a Monday, April 16, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, center, leaves federal court, in New York.
Jay Goldberg, a longtime lawyer for Donald Trump, said he warned the President to be careful about his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, whom he predicted could end up cooperating with prosecutors.
Goldberg, who negotiated the President’s divorces from Ivana and Marla Trump decades ago, said he received a call from the President on Friday seeking advice about Cohen.
Goldberg said he told the President that “anybody who is facing 30 years never stands up.”
“Without exception, a person facing a prison term cooperates,” Goldberg said.
He also warned Trump that in addition to cooperation, the person “may also wear a wire.”
Goldberg said the President had no response.
He also told Trump not to speak to special counsel Robert Mueller.
“They can jam you up even if you’re telling the truth,” he told the President.
He also recommended an attorney to add to the President’s team.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the conversation.