“In the nearly four months since FBI agents raided his office, home and hotel room, Cohen has felt wounded and abandoned by Trump, waiting for calls or even a signal of support that never came. Cohen got frustrated when Trump started talking about him in the past tense, panicked last month when he thought the president no longer cared about his plight, and became furious when Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani contradicted some of his account.” I’m not going to be a punching bag anymore: Inside Michael Cohen’s break with Trump.

+ CNN: Michael Cohen sent up flares, but Trump never came to help. (Flares and smoke signals never work. You’ve got to get a spot on Fox & Friends…)