Posted on 01/16/2026 7:48:24 PM PST by bitt
Ex-legal fixer Michael Cohen on Friday accused New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of forcing him to testify against his former client, Donald Trump, as part of their civil fraud and “hush money” cases against the now-sitting president.
“I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking,” Cohen wrote in a Substack post. “Letitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or political calendar, but they share the same playbook.”
Cohen took to the independent journalists’ platform to reveal his thoughts about participating in the legal proceedings, as Trump seeks to have his appeal to overturn Bragg’s conviction heard by a federal appeals court.
The president’s attorneys are also still seeking to have the $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump for inflating his real estate empire tossed.
“From the time I first began meeting with lawyers from the Manhattan DA’s Office and the New York Attorney General’s Office in connection with their investigations of President Trump, and through the trials themselves,” Cohen wrote on his new platform, “I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government’s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump.”
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Obviously didn’t learn to invoke your right to remain silent.
Both sides can play this game.
“You have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capability!”
Nobody forced you, Michael. You were feeling disrespected and looking for a reason to turn on Trump. Leticia just picked up on your needy nature, so she and Bragg simply primed the pump.
He just keeps getting sleazier and sleazier.
Not that I wouldn’t put it past James and Bragg to coerce false testimony; but even if this is true, it sure as hell doesn’t speak well of Cohen’s skills as a lawyer or his success at being a man.
He’s a little old for it, but maybe he ought to begin his ‘transitioning’.
Toughen up buttercup.
You made a choice to play the anti Trump game for what you thought would be personally beneficial.
“Bad move.”
B.S.
This guy flips loyalties more often than a baby needs changing.
Gonna need multiple timestamped video and audio to corroborate anything serial liar Cohen claims or it won’t be worth a dime.
He wants back in the White House pretend he is back on Team Trump just so he can screw him again..he can go F himself he made his bed
Bullshit!!!!!!
Does anyone admire Michael Cohen? A weakling who betrays either side like a weathervane that twirls around as the wind changes direction.
The earlier traitor Benedict Arnold left to live in England after selling out George Washington who had helped his career before he betrayed the Revolution. But then the British ended up hating and shunning him because they sensed he would betray them someday because he had no integrity. Ended up alone.
how many times has Cohen flipped to one side or the other?
Its like a TV drama series.
And Cohen plays the worm
There was some sort of scandal with his wife and loans
For taxi medallions IIRC.
I refinanced my home years ago to buy some new property. My estimate of the value of my home was about 20K higher than the mortgage company concluded. I went to my bank and their estimate was almost exactly of mine.
Am I guilty of mortgage fraud as was Donald Trump?
A bank will not lend money until they do due diligence. The bank did due diligence and lent the money to Trump and he repaid it on time. What is the problem?
PS per Dave Ramsey I paid it all off and am retired debt free with a good retirement.
Its like a TV drama series.
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Called “As the Cohen Turns.”
It should be good for a thousand episodes.
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