Michael Cohen's life is getting worse by the day. Not only has he become “a Trumpworld pariah,” now his old business partner in New York's shadowy taxi industry appears to be cooperating with government investigators. The New York Times writes:
A significant business partner of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, has quietly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness, a development that could be used as leverage to pressure Mr. Cohen to work with the special counsel examining Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Under the agreement, the partner, Evgeny A. Freidman, a Russian immigrant who is known as the Taxi King, will avoid jail time, and will assist government prosecutors in state or federal investigations, according to a person briefed on the matter. [...]
Mr. Freidman has been Mr. Cohen’s partner in the taxi business for years, managing cabs for him even after New York City regulators barred Mr. Freidman last year from continuing to manage medallions.
Freidman has had a few dustups with the law, including criminal tax fraud and grand larceny. At his hearing in Albany Tuesday, the judge queried Friedman on whether he understood "the benefit" that his lawyers had secured for him.
“I greatly understand that and appreciate it,” Mr. Freidman replied.
That’s not good news for a guy who has been telling friends, “I just can’t take this anymore.”