Michael Cohen said former FBI Director James Comey “likely committed a crime,” startling an MSNBC panel this weekend.
Cohen made the remarks while reacting to news of Comey’s indictment during a segment with Elise Jordan, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Molly Jong-Fast.
“I believe likely he will be found guilty,” Cohen said.
“Well, that’s interesting,” Jordan replied.
Cohen continued, “I believe likely he committed a crime.”
“Wait, what?” Jong-Fast said.
Cohen argued prosecutors have extensive records. “I don’t know what that crime is, but there are hundreds of thousands of documents … all they need to find is that one,” he said, according to Fox News Digital.
“I’ve been through this system. I know better than anybody what a weaponized DOJ looks like and feels like. It is insurmountable,” Cohen said.
Jordan pressed Cohen on whether he himself broke the law, and he acknowledged pleading guilty in his case.
Cohen was charged in 2018 with tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and lying to Congress. He later cooperated with investigations into President Donald Trump and testified against him during Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money trial.
Mohyeldin asked whether Cohen believed the Department of Justice had been weaponized under Trump.
Cohen said the government had weaponized the DOJ for as long as it has existed.
Jordan sought clarity: “I think your argument is it was weaponized then, by Comey against Donald Trump … and so you think there will be evidence that will show that in court, thus validating Donald Trump’s vendetta against James Comey.”
Cohen agreed. “I couldn’t have said it better myself,” he said.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Comey was indicted Sept. 25 following a federal grand jury decision in the Eastern District of Virginia. The Department of Justice alleges he obstructed a congressional investigation into the disclosure of sensitive information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505.
The indictment also alleges that Comey made a false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 by claiming he did not authorize anyone at the FBI to be an anonymous source.
Comey intends to surrender on Friday and will appear for arraignment Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. in Alexandria Courtroom 600 before District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff.