1013 attorneys—a good man.” The President called the searches “a real disgrace” and said, “it’s an attack on our country, in a true sense. it’s an attack on what we 1014 all stand for.” Cohen said that after the searches he was concerned that he was “an open book,” that he did not want issues arising from the payments to women to “come out,” and that his false statements to Congress were “a big 1015 concern.” 1016 A few days after the searches, the President called Cohen. According to Cohen, the President said he wanted to “check in” and asked if Cohen was okay, 1017 and the President encouraged Cohen to “hang in there” and “stay strong.” Cohen also recalled that following the searches he heard from individuals who were in touch with the President and relayed to Cohen the President’s support for 1018 him. Cohen recalled that PP█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ███, a friend of the President’s, reached out to say that he was with “the Boss” in Mar-a-Lago and 1019 the President had said “he loves you” and not to worry. Cohen recalled that Personal Privacy█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ for the Trump Organization, told 1020 him, “the boss loves you.” And Cohen said that PP█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ███, a friend of the President’s, told him, “everyone knows the boss has your 1021 back.” On or about April 17, 2018, Cohen began speaking with an attorney, Robert Costello, who had a close relationship with Rudolph Giuliani, one of the 1022 President’s personal lawyers. Costello told Cohen that he had a “back channel of communication” to Giuliani, and that Giuliani had said the “channel” 1023 was “crucial” and “must be maintained.” On April 20, 2018, the New York Times published an article about the President’s relationship with and treatment 1024 of Cohen. The President responded with a series of tweets predicting that Cohen would not “flip”: The New York Times and a third rate reporter . . . are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will ‘flip.’ They use non-existent ‘sources’ and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will