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Shifting Loyalties: Michael Cohen, the former attorney and fixer for Donald Trump, has hinted that he may be willing to cooperate with federal prosecutors in a probe of the president’s personal business dealings—a marked change from past comments in which he swore he’d never turn on Trump. While Cohen wouldn’t be the first former adviser to distance himself from the president, Trump has gained support from several of his former GOP critics. At the Florida Republican Party’s Sunshine Summit this past weekend, the president.

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