Trump to sit down with Michael Cohen for interview, former fixer says
The interview follows a quiet Bedminster meeting and comes after years of hostility between Trump and Cohen, whose fallout included guilty pleas and trial testimony.
- President Donald Trump is scheduled to join former personal attorney Michael Cohen for a radio interview Thursday, marking their first public conversation in eight years on 77 WABC.
- Cohen served as Trump's 'fixer' for over a decade before their relationship unraveled in 2018 after FBI raids, during which he pleaded guilty to tax and campaign finance crimes.
- Emerging as the star witness in the New York hush-money trial, Cohen testified against Trump in the case that resulted in his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
- A summer 2025 meeting at Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club initiated a 'thaw' in their estrangement, described as their first known in-person contact in years outside courtrooms.
- Both men have recently found common ground on government 'weaponization,' with Trump amplifying Cohen's support for an anti-weaponization fund on social media in June.
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Trump's relationship with his former associate Michael Cohen appears to be improving again. Trump appeared on Cohen's radio show, praising him for having once testified against him in court.
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