Michael Cohen, the 'fixer' who turned on Trump
Donald Trump's fixer, a problem solver who was involved in every aspect of the real estate tycoon's business, even saying he would «take a bullet» for the billionaire.
But the once-loyal lieutenant has become Trump's biggest headache, appearing as the key witness for the prosecution in the ex-president's historic criminal trial.
Cohen turned on Trump in 2019, giving blistering testimony to Congress that the then-president was a «conman» who ordered him to pay a porn star hush money during a presidential campaign.
That transaction is at the heart of the New York trial, in which Trump's defense is seeking to discredit Cohen — who has since had his law license revoked and spent time in prison — as a witness lacking credibility.
Asked Monday by a prosecutor whether he had lied and bullied people on behalf of Trump, the 57-year-old told the Manhattan court: «Yes… It was what was needed in order to accomplish the task.»
Cohen appears to be on a personal quest to see Trump punished, and has been skewering the former president on social media, prompting Judge Juan Merchan to ask him to stop publicly attacking the defendant.
Cohen recently posted on TikTok an image of himself wearing a t-shirt that appeared to show Trump behind bars in an orange prison suit.
