CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says Michael Cohen‘s guilty plea is highly suggestive that President Trump had money on the line when his legal team lied about having financial ties to Russia.

Cohen has pled guilty for lying to Congress in connection with Robert Mueller‘s investigation. The lie stems from Cohen’s claim that a Trump Tower construction deal in Moscow dried up in early 2016, when in fact, negotiations actually continued beyond that point.

As Toobin broke this down in his first reaction, he said this will invite a bunch of new questions about why Trump seems to go easy on Russia so often.

“What this represents is the possibility of something very simple: that there was money in it for Donald Trump, that there was money in a business relationship with Russia that he cultivated by cultivating Vladimir Putin, including – just a couple of months ago during that unforgettable press conference – when he refused to criticize Vladimir Putin.”

Since Cohen was in Trump’s inner circle for many years before turning against his old boss, Toobin went on to remark that the president’s former personal attorney could provide even more interesting revelations down the line.

Watch above, via CNN.

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