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Has become incredibly innovative criminal investigation that included a raid of michael cohen's 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: that's what we are waiting to hear. he has signalled to friends he may be willing to provide information on president trump if that's what prosecutors are looking for. i think that we have to remember, michael cohen, like anyone in this po...

We're following as well. cnn is learning that president trump's long time personal lawyer michael cohen plans to hire an experienced criminal trial attorney in new york. let's 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 we've learned moments ago is that michael cohen plans to hire a new lawyer, his name is guy petrillo. he's an experienced trial lawyer as he said. he was the former head of the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan and the paperwork in the retainer may not have ...

As you know, what he's thinking through is what is the best thing to do for him and his family and one thing we've 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 collected as a part of the raid. so it is potentially significant that he has decided to team up ...

Counsel so address those concerns. >> reporter: this as both take a and novartis confirm that they have cooperated with mueller's investigators about their business dealings with cohen. in a court filing, cohen's lawyers confirming the payments. accusing stormy daniels's lawyer michael avenatti who initially published the details of the transaction about publishing other information about the wrong michael cohen. cohen's lawyers also accusing michael avenatti of illegally obtaining cohen's bank records. michael avenatti firing back on twitter calling the court filing, quote, baseless, improper...

Of questions of whether cohen was doing work for the campaign that wasn't disclosed, ali. >> i want to just play you something that giuliani said about the general arrangement he had with michael cohen. let's just listen to this together. >> he didn't 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 don't burden them with every single thing that comes along. these are busy people. >> okay. ken, i know you're not a lawyer, nor am i, but there ar...