Donald Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen said people should be concerned about the former president going to jail because he could leak classified information.
Cohen was a key witness for the prosecution in Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York. The former president was found guilty on all 34 charges of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to an adult film star to remain quiet about his extramarital affair.
Judge Juan Merchan set sentencing for July 11.
In an interview with MSNBC Saturday, Cohen said people should be concerned about Trump going to jail because he could spill secrets that could jeopardize the country’s national security.
“You now have a Republican leading candidate who’s a felon, who’s going to be debriefed on national security issues knowing how loose-lipped he is, Cohen said, according to a clip shared by Mediate.
“How he’s willing to give away America’s secrets to Vladimir Putin, or to anybody for money or just simply for bragging rights,” Cohen continued. “He did it with the Australian billionaire at Mar-a-Lago. He sat there in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin talking about national security issues but nobody was around except for Vladimir Putin’s translator.”
Cohen argued that it is ill-advised to give Trump access to classified information because he does not care about the country.
“These are not normal things,” he said. “You do not allow somebody like Donald Trump to be declassified, especially now as a felon. So, my concern is, in a prison situation, he is willing to give away these secrets, as I always say, for a bag of tuna or a book of stamps. He will do it because he does not care.”
“We know for a fact that he gave away information on how many nuclear warheads are on a specific nuclear ship,” Cohen added. “One of our military vessels! I mean, think about how dangerous the information in that guy’s head is.”
