Michael Cohen is also willing to give special counsel Robert Mueller information about the DNC hack in the run up to the election 'and whether or not Mr Trump knew ahead of time about that crime and even cheered it on', his own lawyer said.
Lanny Davis, who is representing Cohen, also accused Trump of ordering his client to make hush-money payments to porn stars Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal over alleged affairs before the election, claiming the President is guilty of a felony.
Davis spoke out as Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations relating to those hush money payments.
Minutes before Davis spoke, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight counts following his trial on tax and fraud charges.
Davis said Trump's ex-lawyer only made the payment 'at the direction' of Trump making the president 'as much guilty of a felony.'
'(Trump) just hasn't owned up to it, but he tried to hide by asking his lawyer to do something he wasn't willing to do because he feared the electoral consequences,' he said.
And Davis warned that Cohen had been Trump's personal lawyer for 'many, many years' and so 'knows almost everything about Mr Trump.'
'Mr. Cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel and is more than happy to tell the special counsel all that he knows,' Davis said on MSNBC's 'Rachel Maddow Show.'
'Not just about the obvious possibility of a conspiracy to collude and corrupt the American democracy system in the 2016 election, which the Trump Tower meeting was all about, but also knowledge about the computer crime of hacking and whether or not Mr Trump knew ahead of time about that crime and even cheered it on,' he added.
He added that Cohen had information about Trump 'that would be of interest in Washington and New York State.
In another interview with CNN on Tuesday, Davis also hinted that Cohen may have incriminating information about the Trump Foundation.
The New York Attorney General has filed a civil suit against Trump and his three eldest children alleging 'persistently illegal conduct' with respect to foundation money and using the money in their own self-interest.
'We'll see if the level of corruption alleged concerning the Trump Foundation is a topic of concern for the New York Attorney General,' Davis said after being asked if Cohen could offer any new information about Trump's alleged wrongdoing or criminal activity.
'We know that the pardon power wouldn't apply in New York State.'
Davis said that Trump should be prepared to see 'a liberated Michael Cohen speaking truth to power.'
And that he was prepared to spill 'everything about Donald Trump that he knows.'
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