'Can't beat the president': Former Trump lawyer issues major prediction about Rupert Murdoch

On Friday, July 18, President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and its parent company News Corp in response to recent reporting on his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Many legal experts are saying that Trump's case is weak, as the Journal no doubt double-checked and triple-checked its reporting.

But during a Sunday night, July 20 appearance on MSNBC, Michael Cohen — Trump's former personal attorney and fixer—predicted that Murdoch and News Corps will agree to a settlement regardless of how solid their reporting is.

"I believe, and I believe it wholeheartedly, that Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch will ultimately settle with Trump," Cohen argued. "I believe they'll do the same thing that ABC did, the same thing CBS did. They'll make a donation to his presidential library because it's in their best interest. Because say whatever you want, he's still president of the United States. They still want the access."

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When the hosts noted that legal experts are saying that Trump "doesn't have a case," Cohen responded, "They said the same thing with ABC and CBS. Because it's in their best interest. When you start to see advertisers pull away, when you lose access to the White House — to the Oval Office, to the briefing room, to the Air Force One — they're going to turn around and realize: You know what, maybe a $10 million, $15 million tax-deductible (donation) to his presidential library is in their best interest. You can't beat the president, especially not one who is willing to use the Department of Justice as he does."

Although Cohen has been a scathing critic of Trump, he was dismissive of the Trump Administration/Epstein controversy during his MSNBC appearance — arguing that there are much more substantial reasons to criticize the U.S. president.

Cohen explained, "I fell into Trump's orbit around 2005, but I became part of the Trump Organization as the executive vice president and special counsel in 2007. From the time that I started to the time that I finished in 2018, I actually never heard him mention Jeffrey Epstein at all. I never saw Jeffrey Epstein in the office…. I never heard Jeffrey Epstein on the phone or even call into the office. There was no relationship, from the time I started at the org to the time that I left."

Cohen said of the Epstein/Trump Administration controversy, "There's no reason that should be front-page news when we have so many more important things that affect Americans."

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