Michael Cohen ‘coerced’ by Letitia James and Alvin Bragg to testify against Trump

In a major reversal, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen said he “felt compelled and coerced” by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to testify against President Donald Trump.

In a post on his Substack, Cohen clarified that his purpose wasn’t to defend Trump, but rather to criticize the way the justice system works in the U.S.

Cohen said said that, from his first interaction with prosecutors in 2019, he 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.”

By Cohen’s account, he was first approached three months into his three-year prison sentence, and all of his actions revolved around