Michael Cohen is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit he faces from former President Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Trump “fixer” says that Trump’s $500 million lawsuit against him is “retaliation” for his part in being a witness in Manhattan prosecutors\u2019 criminal case against the former president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis suit combines the worst of Mr. Trump\u2019s vindictive impulses. The Complaint, frivolous and scattershot, is an abusive act of pure retaliation and witness intimidation, albeit a ham-fisted one. It must be dismissed as a matter of law,\u201d Cohen\u2019s attorneys wrote in a court filing, according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFormer President Donald J. Trump has described his favorite Bible verse as \u2018an eye for an eye,\u2019 which fairly captures his long history of exacting brutal retaliation \u2014 both broadly against perceived political, professional, and personal enemies, and specifically against Defendant Michael D. Cohen. Some of this retaliatory conduct has been petty and mean-spirited; some of it is patently unlawful and includes witness tampering, obstruction, and civil rights violations. Mr. Trump often abuses the court system to this end,\u201d Cohen\u2019s attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the new dismissal motion, Cohen\u2019s attorneys contended Trump\u2019s suit must be tossed because many of Trump\u2019s claims were brought too late, while others weren\u2019t specific enough or did not show Trump suffered any harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s filed a lawsuit against Cohen last month in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The suit alleges Cohen breached a confidentiality agreement and his attorney-client relationship with the former president, among other claims. The former president\u2019s suit takes aim at Cohen\u2019s book, podcast, and various media appearances, claiming he maliciously worked to acquire attention and wealth at Trump\u2019s expense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n