He plead guilty to, among other things, lying.
So we’re now supposed to take his utterance as the unvarnished truth?
One more thing...
Cohen was not Trump’s only lawyer. He had had many. The press always makes it sound like Cohen was it, the one, and Trump was there scheming with him, like Holmes and Watson. Whereas in many cases, a Trump underling would dispatch orders to Cohen, who then did his lawyer things per overall general orders, or even vague ideas.
Cohen graduated from one of the worst law schools in the country. He wasn’t hired for his legal skills.