Michael Cohen warns Trump will become 'unhinged' as this 'day of reckoning' approaches

Former President Donald Trump is going to unravel as his sentencing date for his 34 felony convictions approaches, his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Monday — because he is much more terrified of a potential prison sentence than he is actually letting on.

Judge Juan Merchan has the ability to order prison time in the case, and Manhattan prosecutors have not ruled out pursuing this, although it's also possible he could end up sentenced to probation and fines instead.

The interview on "The Reidout" turned to a recent MSNBC interview with former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a former federal prosecutor who ran against Trump in the 2024 presidential primary — and is now speculating on how Trump's convinction is weighing on him in private.

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"I have known him for 22 years," said Christie in the interview clip. "When I was doing these cases in New Jersey, and I would put political figures in jail, he would say to me, I could never do that. I could never go to jail. I'm telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how he's bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him."

"Is Chris Christie right or is Donald Trump right that he's not worried about it?" asked Reid.

"Chris Christie is absolutely 100 percent right," said Cohen, who was a crucial witness in Trump's trial after previously having served prison time for his own role in the hush payment scheme. "Right now, Donald isn't thinking about — he's a very interesting guy, Donald. If it's four weeks away or five weeks away, to him, it's eternity, but as the days start coming closer, that's when you are going to see him becoming even more unhinged, if that's even possible, as it gets closer to the day of reckoning, to the day of sentencing."

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