Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to
which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded
phone call that he hadn’t evaded taxes and that a criminal charge
related to his home-equity line of credit was "a lie."
“You would think that you would have folks, you know, stepping up and
saying, ‘You know what, this guy’s lost everything,’” Mr. Cohen said
during the March 25 call, recorded without Mr. Cohen’s knowledge by the
actor and comedian Tom Arnold...
Mr. Cohen has himself surreptitiously recorded conversations. During a
raid of his home, office and hotel room in April 2018, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation seized recordings the lawyer made while talking
to journalists, political allies, and others, including Mr. Trump. more
