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Article snippet: Michael Cohen has legal tongues wagging after a new interview in which he appears to give the signal that he could flip on MORE’s investigation. Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer and “fixer” to Trump, once professed that he would “take a bullet for the president.” But in an interview released Monday by ABC News, he appeared to be singing a different tune. “My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will,” Cohen told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Ending the agreement doesn’t mean Cohen has “flipped,” but his withdrawal is perhaps the most concrete symbol that he is weighing either pleading guilty or cooperating with prosecutors, say legal experts. “Short of a posting on eBay, Cohen could not be more clear in his pitch to Mueller,” said Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor and contributor to The Hill. “It was abundantly clear that he used this interview to remove any doubts as to his willingness to cooperate with Mueller.” The joint-defense agreement that Cohen had with Trump is common. Such deals allow defense lawyers to share information without waiving attorney-client privilege. But attorneys who are sharing information under this kind of agreement will stop if there is a conflict of interest — if one client is cooperating with prosecutors while another is still under investigation, for example. Cohen has been under criminal investigation in the Southern District of New York for months, related to his business a... Link to the full article to read more