Trump tells Michael Cohen he was ‘weaponized’ in hush money trial

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President Donald Trump touted his former attorney Michael Cohen for retracting his 2024 testimony in Trump’s hush money trial, insisting that the justice system was “weaponized” against Cohen.

In a much-anticipated radio interview, Trump and Cohen reunited after years of turmoil. Their relationship started as a closely allied lawyer-client relationship and turned into a feud where Cohen testified against the president. Prosecutors hailed Cohen as a key witness in People of the State of New York v. Trump, which led to Trump being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments.

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