Overview
- In a Substack post, Cohen says Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and New York AG Letitia James pressured him to give testimony that would secure judgments and convictions against President Trump.
- He asserts prosecutors sought only narrative‑conforming answers and at times posed inappropriate leading questions to shape his testimony.
- Cohen recounts that he began cooperating in 2019 while imprisoned, seeking sentence relief and home confinement through cooperation benefits.
- He was a key witness in New York’s civil fraud case and the Manhattan criminal case, which yielded a large civil judgment and a 34‑count falsified business records conviction.
- A three‑judge appellate panel directed U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to revisit his ruling on moving the hush‑money case to federal court, and Trump amplified Cohen’s claims on social media.