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Michael, if cohen's claim is corroborated, could don junior end up facing perjury charges? >> yes, false statement or perjury depending on the nature of the question and answer and that's problematic for don junior, but michael cohen needs to be corroborated. right now, there's very little in the public domain that we know of that corroborates his version. i think a key witness here is hope hicks. what did she know, and was she aware of trump's knowledge prior to the meeting, and what numbers were called by don junior that were blocked that we don't know of yet? that may be reflective of the c...

Michael cohen. >> reporter: the president erupted. >> it's a disgrace. it's an attack on our country in a true sense. >> reporter: but while he shouted witch hunt, cohen has since gone another way, telling abc, i don't agree with those who deem pize or vilify the fbi. i will not be a punching bag in anyone's defense strategy, and now, i put family and country first. for his part, president trump, who used to routinely and warmly talk about michael cohen, now seems to not be saying his name publicly at all, let alone nice thins about him. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> let's talk it over with...

Even after the fbi rated his apartment, michael cohen reportededly said he would jump off a building. so how did he become one of trump's biggest potential legal threats? cnn's tom foreman takes a look. >> reporter: donald trump's defender -- >> you guys are down, and it makes sense. >> says who? says who? >> polls. most of them. all of them. >> reporter: his trusted adviser. >> the words the media should be using to describe mr. trump are generous, compassionate, and mo. >> reporter: and most of all his lawyer. >> my job is i protect mr. trump. that's what it is. if there's an issue that rela...

Any given time is a dangerous precedent to set, even if it's an unpopular president. remember, our constitution's only as good as how it protects those that are unpopular. if the unpopular aren't protected then none of us are so we have to be really careful about this idea that just because he may be unpopular, he may have done some unsavory things, some bad political things, doesn't mean that someone in robert mueller's position should really have the right to choose who is the president of the united states at any given time. that's extraordinarily undemocratic. >> my takeaway from this here...

>> reporter: the two native new yorkers joined forces about a dozen years ago when cohen bought a condo in a trump building, and by most accounts, they bonded quickly over their shared values and sharp elbows. soon, cohen was handling real estate deals, helping run some companies, and even coordinating transportation for trump. >> they say i'm mr. trump's pit bull, that i am his -- i'm his right-hand man. >> reporter: when trump's campaign lit up, cohen's portfolio expanded to include alleged payoffs to women claiming sexual relationships with his client even as the president has steadily deni...