Brenda Lawrence: “``Cohen also recalled speaking with the President's personal counsel about pardons after the searches of his home and…”

“``Cohen also recalled speaking with the President's personal counsel about pardons after the searches of his home and office had occurred, at a time when the media had reported that pardon discussions were occurring at the White House. . . . Cohen understood, based on this conversation and previous conversations about pardons with the President's personal counsel, that as long as he stayed on message, he would be taken care of by the President, either through a pardon or through the investigation being shut down.'' Volume II, page 147.”