Trump lawyer Michael Cohen: The loyal ‘fixer’ now under federal scrutiny

Michael D. Cohen sums up his extraordinary closeness with President Trump in one word: “Loyalty.”

After setting up a committee in 2011 designed to boost the possibility of a Trump presidential bid, he described his role as “fixer” in this way: “It means that if somebody does something Mr. Trump doesn’t like, I do everything in my power to resolve it to Mr. Trump’s benefit. If you do something wrong, I’m going to come at you, grab you by the neck and I’m not going to let you go until I’m finished.”  Read more.