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Ever since his office was raided by the fbi, the white house has been downplaying his role, putting some distance between cohen and the president. >> the president has many attorneys. this isn't his only one. >> reporter: but the facts tell a different story, of a cozy relationship. michael cohen had dinner with president trump back on march 25th at mar-a-lago the night before stormy daniels' interview with anderson cooper on "60 minutes." cohen had paid the porn star $130,000 for her silence during the campaign. trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, says trump later reimbursed cohen. on april 13th, ...

Is, they're already downplaying his role as just another lawyer. >> i'm not aware of specific places where he's representing the president. >> reporter: but despite the appearance, the white house is trying to put some distance between mr. cohen and the president, the facts tell a different story. >> i protect mr. trump. >> reporter: michael cohen had dinner with president trump back on march 24th at mar-a-lago. the night before stormy daniels' interview with anderson cooper aired on "60 minutes." weeks before that, on march 4th, cohen was also at mar-a-lago for an event. cohen is not a member...

In court regarding his office raid. again, the white house down-playing his relationship. >> the president has many attorneys. >> reporter: michael cohen's own lawyer painted a picture of more than a relationship. before trump became president, nearly constant contact between the two men. >> michael cohen got calls at 3:00 in the morning. >> reporter: has that changed after more than a decade of michael cohen being at trump's side? perhaps, there are own two men who know the answer to that. so michael cohen was one of the originals who pushed for donald trump to run for president. back in 2011...

Office raid for the president's medical records.

But i don't think it will work. neil: rod rosenstein apparently told the president last thursday after the michael cohen office raid that the president was not a target of the investigation. no one from his office has confirmed what was originally a bloomberg report but do you believe that? >> well, here is the thing, neil. you can say someone's not a target, that is something that that is very fluid. i have a lot of problems with how that cohen raid was done it was hyper aggressive and if the underlying offense is some campaign finance violation, i think that was way overboard for that and he...