"Ex-legal fixer Michael Cohen on Friday accused New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of forcing him to testify against his former client, Donald Trump, as part of their civil fraud and “hush money” cases against the now-sitting president.
" 'I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking,” Cohen wrote in a Substack post. “Letitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or political calendar, but they share the same playbook.”
"Cohen took to the independent journalists’ platform to reveal his thoughts about participating in the legal proceedings, as Trump seeks to have his appeal to overturn Bragg’s conviction heard by a federal appeals court.
"The president’s attorneys are also still seeking to have the $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump for inflating his real estate empire tossed.
" 'From the time I first began meeting with lawyers from the Manhattan DA’s Office and the New York Attorney General’s Office in connection with their investigations of President Trump, and through the trials themselves,” Cohen wrote on his new platform, “I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government’s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump.” . . .
"President Trump’s lawyers Wednesday demanded the release of all communications between Michael Cohen and New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office in response to a “revelatory” Substack post the ex-fixer made in which he claimed he was “pressured and coerced” to testify against Trump.
"The 25-page filing comes about a month before Trump’s team is due to file a brief with the New York State Court of Appeals in response to James’ request for the half-billion-dollar civil fraud penalty against the president — which was thrown out last August — to be reinstated.
"The president’s legal team called for an order requiring the production of “all records of all communications between Michael D. Cohen” and the Democratic AG and her staff, including interview transcripts, notes, emails, letters and recordings." . . .
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