Michael Cohen is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit he faces from former President Trump.
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’ criminal case against the former president.
“This suit combines the worst of Mr. Trump’s 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,” Cohen’s attorneys wrote in a court filing, according to The Hill.
“Former President Donald J. Trump has described his favorite Bible verse as ‘an eye for an eye,’ which fairly captures his long history of exacting brutal retaliation — 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,” Cohen’s attorneys wrote.
In the new dismissal motion, Cohen’s attorneys contended Trump’s suit must be tossed because many of Trump’s claims were brought too late, while others weren’t specific enough or did not show Trump suffered any harm.
Trump’s filed a lawsuit against Cohen last month in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The suit alleges Cohen breached a confidentiality agreement and his attorney-client relationship with the former president, among other claims. The former president’s suit takes aim at Cohen’s book, podcast, and various media appearances, claiming he maliciously worked to acquire attention and wealth at Trump’s expense.
Trump’s lawsuit against Cohen came shortly after he was indicted in New York on 34 felony charges concerning allegations he orchestrated a plan with Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker to help squash politically damaging stories before they became public knowledge.
Cohen should be disbarred and prevented from practicing law anywhere and summary judgement should be entered against him so he can not hurt anyone else.
Michael Cohen . . . what a LOSER!
an understatement if i’ve ever heard one. what would cohen be without his trump bashing and tattle-telling? a disbarred convicted felon. oh wait, isn’t that what he is?
You can expect a republican to go by the laws and you can expect god worshiping, demonrat CRIMINAL judges to go by what their globalists and globalist puppet soros orders them . . . . .
Cohen is a thug. He needs to get what is coming to him. The case needs to move forward because he is the one that started the ball rolling by lying his a$$ off. So now he knows he is in deep and he is all by himself. It rolls down hill Cohen and looks like to me you are at the bottom of the pile. Hope you sink really well. Welcome to the big leagues.