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    Michael Cohen is giving Washington fixers a bad name | Jill Abramson

    Presidential cronies have long traded on their public service to peddle influence; but Donald Trump’s personal lawyer has skipped the public service part
    by Jill Abramson May 18, 2018 3 minutes
    Taxi for Mr Cohen? All the president’s lawyers have surely insisted that Cohen be expunged from the president’s speed dial. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

    Michael Cohen has pulled off the seemingly impossible. He has actually sullied the meaning of the term Washington fixer. I wasn’t the slightest bit surprised to see the sobriquet in a recent New York Times headline above a front-page story earlier this month: “How Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fixer, Built A Shadowy Business Empire”.

    For much of my career in journalism, I’ve specialized in covering Washington fixers, the lawyers, lobbyists and consultants who earn huge fees by selling their access to the powerful. I’ve watched presidents, from Jimmy Carter

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