Trump and Cohen Resume Phone Interview, Amid Ongoing Legal Battles
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Trump on Thursday joined Cohen, who has testified against him in Congress and in court, for an interview on Cohen’s radio show. The appearance, via phone, marked a new chapter in the pair’s fraught relationship after years of feuding that included Cohen’s serving as a star witness in two trials targeting Trump and congressional testimony in which he called his former boss a “racist, a con man and a cheat.”
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The Guardian USPoint of order: Cohen hasn’t necessarily recanted everything he said about Trump. He has spoken of the forgiveness that does not require amnesia. He swerved past Trump’s comment, reminisced about the time “you gave me one of those traditional Trump slaps on the shoulder” and griped about the TV networks’ obsession with the president’s approval rating.
PBS NewsHourMichael Cohen, Trump's former fixer-turned-enemy, is hosting the president on his radio show President Donald Trump is expected to make a public reunion with the man who once called him a "Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain" and testified against him both in court and before Congress.
PoliticoMichael Cohen won’t say if he’ll use his Trump interview to seek a pardon The president is expected to call into Cohen’s radio show Thursday in their first public conversation since a very public falling out.
USA TodayMichael Cohen is now talking about “reconciliation” with President Donald Trump, saying the two men “forgave” each other ahead of a radio interview.
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Once Trump finally got going, he seemed to agree, but took it further, telling Cohen: “They weaponised you, they weaponised a lot of people, and I respect the fact that you recanted everything you said. And that’s a big thing that you did. It’s a very big thing.”
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NBC News“They weaponized a lot of people, and I respect the fact that you recanted everything you said,” Trump told Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison for what he described in 2018 as actions done in “blind loyalty” to Trump.
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Cohen’s tune changed shortly after Trump returned to office, stating publicly in January last year that he had felt “pressured and coerced” by federal prosecutors during the hush-money trial.
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NBC NewsThe prospect of Trump’s joining Cohen for an interview would have been unthinkable until recently after Cohen cooperated with prosecutions of Trump.
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03 The Guardian US “Our next guest is a ‘racist’, a ‘conman’ and a ‘cheat’ – someone who behaves more like a ‘mobster’ than a president. Please welcome Donald J Trump!”
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