Michael Cohen asks SCOTUS to revive Trump lawsuit
abcnews.go.com
Michael Cohen asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive his lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump and of retaliating against him.

Cohen served time for lying to Congress and other crimes.

  • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
    321·
    4 months ago

    Bro is shitting himself about what’s going to happen to him for betraying the supreme leader.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    222·
    4 months ago

    Didn’t this guy testify against the orange asshole? I’ve lost track and I’m not looking it up; Lemmy is already turning into something I use less because of all the election-related news. That’s not knocking Lemmy, it’s just that time in general and I need to reduce my news intake or be depressed.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      21·
      4 months ago

      Michael Cohen was Trump’s long-time “fixer,” up until he pled guilty to and was sentenced to prison for eight federal counts, including criminal tax evasion and campaign finance violations. Since that time, he has been very outspoken about exactly who Donald Trump is and what he does to people.

      Michael Cohen pled guilty in federal court to his criminal actions in relation to the exact same scheme that Donald Trump was recently convicted of in New York State.

      So, yes, when Trump was on trial in New York State (the criminal one), Cohen testified for the prosecution. It seems ridiculous that Cohen would enter into a plea deal that included prison time, where Trump, who was convicted by a jury of 34 counts for the exact same thing, and without a plea deal is going to get off more easily.

      (Yes, yes, I know that Cohen pled to different charges than Trump was convicted of. This doesn’t make the difference in outcomes for Trump vs. Cohen any less frustrating.)

    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.world
      9·
      4 months ago

      he certainly testified as a prosecution witness in the business records case where trump wàs the defendant, which led to a conviction. That was pretty recent compared to Cohen’s judicial problems, though.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 months ago

    Actually, following the logic of the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling, Trump would be immune from lawsuits because he did it as an official act as President, even if his motives were clearly corrupt. That, according to the supreme court, no longer matters. It was an official act of the President of the United States and therefore immune from civil or criminal liability. Michael Cohen has no legal recourse.

    Given the pattern of this court’s recent rulings, this could backfire spectacularly if the SC decides to use this case to further expand Trump’s power. I do see a very real possibility of the Supreme Court not only dismissing Cohen’s case, but ruling that no private citizen has legal standing to sue the President for any actions taken while in office. This would make the reversal of this recent ruling all but impossible by saying nobody has standing to change it.