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Article snippet: MORE allegedly directed his attorney to contact Trump's lawyers about the possibility of obtaining a pardon, Cohen's attorney and spokesman said Wednesday. Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, told The Wall Street Journal late Wednesday that Cohen had asked his former attorney, Stephen Ryan, last spring to inquire about a possible pardon. Davis added that Cohen had been open to a presidential pardon in the weeks after the FBI raided his home, hotel room and office. “During that time period, he directed his attorney to explore possibilities of a pardon at one point with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as well as other lawyers advising President Trump,” Davis told the Journal, while calling the talks an “ongoing ‘dangling’ of a possible pardon.” The Hill has reached out to Davis for comment. The Journal had previously reported that Ryan allegedly discussed the possibility of a pardon with Trump's attorneys Jay Sekulow, Rudy Giuliani and Joanna Hendon, following the FBI raid. According to the Journal, Giuliani left open the possibility that Trump could grant Cohen a future pardon, Trump's lawyers said. Giuliani told The New York Times late Wednesday that multiple people facing scrutiny from the Justice Department in connection with Robert Mueller's special counsel probe have reached out to him about a possible presidential pardon. Giuliani's answer reportedly came in response to a question about potential pardon discussions between him and a lawyer who, at the time, was in ta... Link to the full article to read more