Fire breaks out in trump tower. SS has a presence there permanently. he knows almost instantly. "hey, my lawyer is in the building, someone call him" Cohen knows 30 seconds later. Cohen thinks "My friend lives there, i should message him to leave the burning building because i just got a message from the white house staff about it".
Whats the big mystery here?
Dowd was the lawyer who left the defense team, not cohen.
I had the same thought.