rsonal counsel and believed that if he
stayed on message he would be taken care of. But after Cohen began cooperating
with the government in the summer of 2018, the President publicly criticized
him, called him a “rat,” and suggested that his family members had committed
crimes.
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 id="x1-240002"></a>Overarching factual issues.</h5>
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