Which level was Michael Cohen at? From a career perspective he was an ambulance chaser (involved with a number of fraudulent car crash claims) with shady, Saul Goodman "back of the nail salon" style offices. Then he purportedly helped a reality star pay off people.

My point, I suppose, is that normally the associates of the president would be upstanding individuals who had achieved heights. In this case, as with many of DJTs associates, it is anything but that.