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Has become incredibly innovative criminal investigation that included a raid of michael cohens home office and hotel room. i think we are seeing cohen make this change in part to deal with that criminal investigation and potentially for a change in legal strategy. >> you are getting information on whether cohen will stay loyal to the president? >> reporter: thats what we are waiting to hear. he has signalled to friends he may be willing to provide information on president trump if thats what pro...

Were following as well. cnn is learning that president trumps long time personal lawyer michael cohen plans to hire an experienced criminal trial attorney in new york. lets go to our political reporter m.j. lee working the story. who is the lawyer that michael cohen plans to hire? >> reporter: well, wolf, what weve learned moments ago is that michael cohen plans to hire a new lawyer, his name is guy petrillo. hes an experienced trial lawyer as he said. he was the former head of the criminal divi...

As you know, what hes thinking through is what is the best thing to do for him and his family and one thing weve been reporting on is the fact that cohen would like a lawyer who is very familiar with the southern district of new york, this is where the criminal investigation is -- its taking place and i should note and this is an important reminder, he has not yet been charged with any wrongdoing. but his attorneys have been going through some millions of files and hundreds of encrypted messages...

Counsel so address those concerns. >> reporter: this as both take a and novartis confirm that they have cooperated with muellers investigators about their business dealings with cohen. in a court filing, cohens lawyers confirming the payments. accusing stormy danielss lawyer michael avenatti who initially published the details of the transaction about publishing other information about the wrong michael cohen. cohens lawyers also accusing michael avenatti of illegally obtaining cohens bank recor...

Of questions of whether cohen was doing work for the campaign that wasnt disclosed, ali. >> i want to just play you something that giuliani said about the general arrangement he had with michael cohen. lets just listen to this together. >> he didnt know about the specifics of it, as far as i know, but he did know about the general arrangement that michael would take care of things like this. like i take care of things like this for my clients. i dont burden them with every single thing that come...

I want you to be able to raise questions raised in the civil case, but you cant do that while you may be under criminal investigation in new york. lets stop everything for 90 days, see what happens in the new york situation, then well revisit the issue. >> youre saying president trump most likely will have to sit down -- >> i think so. listen to the statements that hes made, that cohen made about whether or not he was aware of the deal. whether cohen was representing him in connection with the d...

Mueller. >> i think you might be right. on that point though, of whether cohen will flip, if hes charged -- which has not happened. we want to stress that point. why should the president be worried about that if he has nothing to hide, if he says hes not guilty of anything? >> well, ive seen too many not guilty people have something to worry about when they threaten one of their past associates with 20 years. as i said, sometimes these flipped witnesses not only sing, they compose. they make up ...

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