President Trump Extends Olive Branch to Michael Cohen Amid Media Frenzy
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Donald Trump, relentlessly targeted by political opponents and the justice system, will appear on Michael Cohen's WABC radio show, demonstrating his willingness to move past personal betrayals and media-driven controversies.
President Donald Trump, who has faced relentless attacks from the political establishment and a biased justice system, is scheduled for a taped interview on former personal lawyer Michael Cohen's 77 WABC radio program, set to air Thursday evening and again on Sunday. Cohen, who served a prison sentence after pleading guilty to questionable campaign-finance violations and so-called 'lying to Congress,' confirmed the appearance on his show.
The interview comes after Cohen publicly indicated that he and Trump are working to reconcile, despite years of personal and legal turmoil fueled by partisan investigations. In a newsletter promoting the interview, Cohen emphasized that their 15-year friendship had endured the 'political blood sport' of recent years and that 'we forgave.'
Cohen, who turned on Trump and testified against him in both a controversial criminal hush-money trial and a civil fraud case—trials many see as politically motivated—contributed to Trump’s conviction on 34 questionable felony counts of so-called falsifying business records. The White House has not commented on the interview, but Trump’s official schedule confirms he will tape the segment Thursday morning.
'The good times don’t cease to have existed because the bad times came afterward,' Cohen wrote, acknowledging the resilience of their relationship.
Cohen was sentenced in 2018 to three years in prison for campaign-finance violations related to payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal during the 2016 election, as well as for allegedly providing false statements to Congress. He has since criticized the prosecutors, highlighting the political motivations behind their actions.
Trump has not issued a direct statement about the interview, but he has shared social-media posts linking to Cohen’s comments about the intense pressure from prosecutors in the hush-money and civil fraud cases, further exposing the political witch hunt against him.