It doesn't pay to be a lawyer for Donald Trump.
Michael Cohen is a
disbarred lawyer who served as an attorney for President
Donald Trump from 2006 to 2018. He was the personal counsel to Trump, and was often described by the media as Trump's "
fixer."
On December 12, 2018, he was sentenced to three years in
federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance violations. Cohen joined Trump's campaign manager and deputy campaign manager in prison.
The
Times reports, "Federal investigators on Wednesday seized cellphones and other electronic devices from Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who became Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.
"F.B.I. agents executed search warrants around 6 a.m. at Mr. Giuliani’s apartment on Madison Avenue and his Park Avenue office in Manhattan, carting away the electronic devices, Mr. Giuliani confirmed in a statement.
"The execution of search warrants is an extraordinary action for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president. It is a major development in the long-running investigation into Mr. Giuliani, which examines some of the same people and conduct that were at the center of Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial."
All of this is a remarkable turn around for Giuliani. As mayor, Giuliani won national recognition for steering New York through the dark days after the Sept. 11 attacks, and earlier in his career, he led the same U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan that is investigating him now, earning a reputation as a hard-charging prosecutor who took on organized crime and corrupt politicians. It appears, as a Trump colleague, he may have become one.
When President, Trump's party lost the House, Senate, and the Presidency within a span of four years, a ninety year old record. Trump was virtually kicked out of New York where he was born and raised. Everything he touches turns to dust, and his devout followers avoid him.