Napolitano on Trump’s Cohen Defense: ‘No Rational Person’ Could Claim Exoneration

Napolitano said the felony here on the President’s part is pretty basic, likening it to the liability of someone who pays a hitman to kill someone.

“You pay your lawyer to commit a crime,” he added, “you are presumed to intend for him to commit it.”

At one point, Smith asked, “If you’re the president’s lawyers, how are you taking this?”

“You are taking it with great gravity,” Napolitano answered. “The President says he’s been exonerated. I’ve got to believe he’s saying that for political purposes. No rational person could construe this as an exoneration unless they’re escaping reality. He’s in the crosshairs now of two prosecutors.”