Michael Cohen is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit he faces from formerย President Donald Trump.
The former Trump โfixerโ says that Trump's $500 million lawsuit against him is โretaliationโ for his part in being a witness in Manhattan prosecutors' criminal case againstย the former president.
โThis 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,โ Cohen's attorneys wrote in a court filing, according to The Hill.
โFormer President Donald J. Trump has described his favorite Bible verse as โan eye for an eye,' which fairly captures his long history of exacting brutal retaliation โ 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,โ 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 monthย in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. (RELATED: Trump Sues Former Attorney Michael Cohen For $500 Million)
The suit alleges Cohen breached a confidentiality agreement and his attorney-client relationship with the former president, among other claims.ย 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.ย
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 publisherย David Peckerย to help squash politically damaging stories before they became public knowledge.
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Cohen should’ve of thought it all through b4 the fool got up in front of a bunch of Trump/republican haters and outright lied. The truth always comes out and it’s about damn time the Republicans took a tall stand and quit being butt kissing sissies. And if your a rino leave our party.
Cohen can dish it out but ge can’t take it.
So now we are to expect that when you hire a lawyer, they can turn on you to make a buck? And that lawyer client confidentiality is out the window? what the heck is going on with this world?
IF the judge is a globalist puppet, demonrat CRIMINAL judge he will violate the law and side with globalist puppet, cohen . . . . .