Donald Trump should get "significant home confinement" because he might trade top-secret government info for food or stamps in prison, according to the former president's previous lawyer.
Michael Cohen, who recently issued a warning to Trump's co-defendant and valet Walt Nauta and suggested Trump "may have to have a public defender" because he doesn't listen to counsel, appeared on CNN on Wednesday to discuss recent developments in the documents case.
Cohen was asked in an interview with the host if he thinks Trump might face the penalty of jail time. He said he thinks Trump "actually knows that jail in and of itself is probably unlikely."
Cohen said he doesn't want Trump behind bars, but that if a sentence is warranted, it should be "a very significant home confinement."
As for the reason for that, he said he thinks Trump might sell out the nation for "a bag of tuna" or "a book of stamps" given the chance.
"And I say that because understand Donald Trump, despite the fact that he's dumb, he still spent four years getting classified debriefings. And the information that's in his head he's willing to sell out for a bag of tuna or for, you know, a book of stamps to anybody that's there," Cohen said, noting such an outcome would "pose a grave security risk to our country."
"And I would certainly prefer the safety of Americans to over, you know, Donald Trump behind bars. As much as I'd like to see that, I would rather see America safe than sorry."
