How do you know the interview was not a setup? Sasha has been known to prank interviewees...maybe wants to prank audience...
Although I would not be surprised if it was true considering the degeneracy in the whole world.
You make a very good point. Perhaps Cohen was setting up the FBI as he had set up so many others in the past.
Perhaps FBI officials didnt want to give this clown the time of day considering who he is.