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Davis, who helped Clinton weather a series of White House
scandals, said in a statement on Thursday that he spoke with
Cohen several times in the past two weeks and "recognized his
sincerity" following a recent interview with ABC News.
Davis was referring to ABC's publication on Monday of an
interview with Cohen in which he vowed to defend himself and
protect his family and country first if Trump or the president's
legal team tried to discredit him.
"Michael Cohen deserves to tell his side of the story - subject,
of course, to the advice of counsel," Davis said in the
statement, which was emailed to reporters.
Davis will be working with Guy Petrillo, the New York lawyer who
was recently hired by Cohen to represent him in an ongoing
criminal probe into his business activities in the Southern
District of New York, a person familiar with the matter said.
Cohen, who has not been charged with any crimes, and Petrillo
did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for
comment.
Lanny Davis is co-founder of the law firm of Davis Goldberg &
Galper PLLC, and partner at a public relations firm. On his
website he describes himself as a lawyer, crisis manager,
consultant, author, and TV commentator.
"Lanny represents individuals, countries, and companies in high
stakes global crises, litigation, government investigations and
crisis management," his website says.
The federal investigation into Cohen stems in part from a
referral by the U.S. special counsel's office looking into
possible coordination between Trump 2016 campaign aides and
Russia. Moscow denies interfering in the U.S. election and Trump
denies collusion, describing the probe as a witch hunt.
Prosecutors are investigating Cohen for possible bank and tax
fraud, possible campaign law violations linked to a $130,000
payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and other matters
related to Trump's campaign, a person familiar with the
investigation has told Reuters.
(Reporting by Nathan Layne; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
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