DOJ opposes Michael Cohen’s bid to sue Trump in Supreme Court

Published September 13, 2024 6:43pm ET



Former President Donald Trump and the Biden administration are fighting Michael Cohen’s efforts in the Supreme Court to seek damages for his imprisonment in 2020, marking an unusual instance of Trump and his successor siding with one another in a legal battle.

Trump and the Biden Department of Justice both argued in separate court filings on Friday that the high court should reject Cohen’s claim that he was improperly detained for being critical of Trump, and, therefore, entitled to compensation.

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