Someone holds the opinion that the Manhattan district attorney’s probe “has nothing to do” with the charge against Cohen.
After firing Michael Cohen as his lawyer, former president Donald Trump is now suing him for more than $500 million, as reported by FOX NEWS DIGITAL. Trump claims that Cohen violated the terms of their attorney-client agreement by, among other things, paying himself excessively.
On Wednesday, Trump’s legal team submitted a federal complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida that runs for more than 30 pages.
It states that “this action is based on Cohen’s multiple breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conversion, and breaches of contract while working as [Trump’s] attorney and employee.”
Trump claims in the complaint that Cohen breached the agreement between them by “spreading falsehoods” about him that were “likely to be embarrassing or harmful” and by “doing other wrongdoing.” He also betrayed Trump’s trust by disclosing confidential information.
According to the report, Cohen lied about Trump “with bad intentions and only to help himself.”
All of Cohen’s “public statements,” even after he was warned not to, are detailed in the lawsuit. His two books, podcast, and numerous appearances in major media outlets all count.
Recently, Cohen’s “illegal acts have happened more often and with more hostility,” the report states. Cohen “appears to have become bolder and continues to make wrong and false statements” against Trump in a variety of media, the report adds.
According to the complaint, Cohen’s “continuous and escalating improper behavior has reached a proverbial crescendo, leaving [Trump] with no choice but to seek legal redress through this action.” It also claims that Trump’s reputation has been “hugely” damaged by Cohen’s conduct.
New York prosecutors filed 34 charges of business document fabrication against the ex-president last week. A week ago, he entered a not guilty plea in Manhattan. The allegations centered on the possibility that undisclosed monetary payments were made in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
A source close to Trump’s legal team stated that the indictment against Cohen “has nothing to do with the Manhattan DA’s lawless and fact-less case” and is an entirely other matter.
Before the 2016 presidential election, Cohen arranged payments to women named Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in order to silence them. In 2018, he pled guilty to many federal charges. But he claims he acted in accordance with Trump’s orders.
Cohen also acknowledged deceiving Congress, failing to pay taxes, and providing misleading information to a financial institution. He was sentenced to three years in prison by the judge.
The Southern District of New York investigated whether or not Trump’s campaign paid hush money, and ultimately chose not to press charges against the president this year. The FEC dropped its lawsuit against the firm in 2021.
As Fox News Digital reported, Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis stated, “Once again, Mr. Trump is using and abusing the legal system to threaten and harass Michael Cohen.”
Davis stated, “It looks like he’s scared of the legal problems that are coming his way and is trying to send a message to other possible witnesses who are working with prosecutors against him.” “Mr. Cohen will not be deterred, and he is confident that the suit will fail based on the facts and the law.”
Asked whether anyone in the United States took Trump seriously when he filed lawsuits, Davis answered, “Is there anyone in America who takes Mr. Trump seriously when he files these lawsuits, other than a shrinking minority of believers?”
Trump discusses Cohen’s employment with the Trump Organization as an attorney beginning in 2006. He also discusses what Cohen has previously claimed regarding Cohen’s time spent there.
In the article, Cohen is reported as stating, “Among many other pleasant things Cohen stated about Trump and his position as Trump’s lawyer,” including, “Cohen claimed his job was “very weird,” and that he had “admired Donald Trump since high school.”
That Cohen “thought the world of” Trump and praised him as a “businessman,” “boss,” and “person” is one of the allegations made in the lawsuit.
Allegedly, Cohen praised Trump, calling him “smart” and “the best negotiator on the planet.” And he declared that “protecting the President and his family” was his main priority and that he “would take a bullet” for Trump.
An excerpt from the complaint quotes Cohen as saying that Trump “deserved” his “loyalty” because “one man who wants to do so much good and has so many critics against him needs support.” In addition, Cohen referred to Trump as “an honorable guy.”
According to the complaint, Trump lost $74,000 because Cohen “illegally took [Trump’s] business property” by exaggerating the price of a business item and asking for more money than it was worth.
In retaliation for Cohen’s “fraudulent misrepresentation,” Trump allegedly paid him $74,000, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint makes reference to Cohen’s book “Disloyal,” in which Cohen “by his own account” confesses he “‘lied’ about the money he was owed as reimbursement for an expense he incurred on Trump’s behalf, instead ‘loading up’ and’sneakily boosting [his] bonus’ to ‘counter screw’ [Trump].
After Trump’s inauguration as president in January 2017, Cohen stopped working for the Trump Organization but continued to do personal work for Trump until June of 2018.
The complaint goes on to detail Cohen’s “personal and professional downfall.” For instance, Cohen’s father-in-law allegedly contributed tens of millions of dollars to a Chicago cab fleet operator, which is mentioned in the search warrant for Cohen’s home, office, and hotel room in April 2018.
The allegation states that Cohen’s father-in-law “pleaded guilty to money laundering charges” after being suspected of “conspiring to defraud the IRS” due to how he reported the profits and losses from his New York taxi business.
Complaint alleges that “prosecutors had evidence that [Cohen’s] wife had also been involved in possible criminal activity,” yet she “was never charged.”
Both the federal charges against Cohen and the December 2018 sentence report in U.S. v. Cohen show that all of Cohen’s offences “involved deception.” The judge who decided Cohen’s punishment described his acts as “a veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct.”
In the case file, federal investigators are reported as claiming that Cohen’s criminal behavior was “driven by personal greed” and that he “repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends.”
According to the complaint, Cohen “repeatedly and substantially violated his continuing fiduciary obligations as an attorney” by spreading “improper, self-serving, and malicious statements” about the defendant, his family, and the defendant’s business. According to the indictment: “[Cohen] chose to use his confidential relationship with [Trump] to make money and fix his reputation, which had been damaged by his repeated lies and tricks, which were motivated by his dislike of [Trump] and his desire to hurt him.”
According to the complaint, Cohen “must be held accountable.”
Trump’s action against Cohen seeks “actual, compensatory, incidental, and punitive damages in an amount that will be decided at trial but is expected to be well over $500,000,000.”