Barak Cohen was quoted in the Washington Post article, "Trump Lawyer Says President Knew Flynn Had Given FBI the Same Account He Gave to Vice President," regarding the potential for an obstruction of justice charge against the Whitehouse.

If Trump knew that Flynn might not have been accurate with the FBI, it could provide motivation for any alleged effort to obstruct justice, said Barak Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who does white-collar defense work at the Perkins Coie law firm. “It bolsters the intent for committing obstruction,” he said.

Even if Dowd wrote the tweet, Cohen said, “if President Trump sends it, then Trump has adopted it. It’s his statement. . . . The bottom line is the tweet is still bad for Trump — it makes things worse for him.”