{"id":2609358,"date":"2026-06-02T04:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-dismissal-of-his-new-york-court-cases-calling-them-political-witch-hunts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:37:59","slug":"trump-demands-dismissal-of-his-new-york-court-cases-calling-them-political-witch-hunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-demands-dismissal-of-his-new-york-court-cases-calling-them-political-witch-hunts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump demands dismissal of his New York court cases, calling them \u2018political witch hunts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-demands-dismissal-of-his-new-york-court-cases-calling-them-political-witch-hunts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump argued that New York legal cases against him should be dismissed, saying they rely on testimony from his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who now claims he was \u201cpressured and coerced\u201d to testify against Trump. Trump made the demand in an early tuesday Truth Social post shortly after midnight, pointing to Cohen\u2019s past allegations and Cohen\u2019s earlier Substack remarks in \u201cWhen Politics Blind Justice,\u201d where Cohen said prosecutors made him a key witness and sought only testimony that would support convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Cohen\u2019s testimony has effectively been \u201cwiped away,\u201d calling the prosecutions political \u201cwitch hunts\u201d orchestrated by Manhattan District attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General letitia James, and he demanded immediate dismissal \u201conce and for all.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> demanded early Tuesday morning that legal cases against him filed in New York City, New York, be dismissed. The president requested a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> to his Truth Social account shortly after midnight, citing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4422863\/michael-cohen-coerced-letitia-james-alvin-bragg-testify-against-trump\/\">claims by Michael Cohen<\/a>, his former attorney, that he was \u201ccoerced\u201d into testifying against Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen a Star Witness totally recants, and in every way reveals that he was pressured and coerced to give testimony, and when the Prosecutor admits that this Witness was the single reason that the case was brought, there was no other, how can that Case not be immediately dismissed?\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/trumptruthonx\/status\/2061661925147320731?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> in his post. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4589142\/jerome-powell-fed-independence-stress-test\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jerome Powell speaks about Fed independence after stepping down: \u2018Undergoing a stress test\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div 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       <\/div>\n<h3>Trump urges \u2018Dumocrats\u2019 to \u2018just sit back and relax\u2019 while he negotiates with Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When a Star Witness totally recants, and in every way reveals that he was pressured and coerced to give testimony, and when the Prosecutor admits that this Witness was the single reason that the case was brought, there was no other, how can that Case not be immediately dismissed?\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kHYaWdw3V4\">pic.twitter.com\/kHYaWdw3V4<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 Commentary Donald J Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2061661925147320731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is exactly what happened in the Democrat New York Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Hoaxes against me,\u201d Trump said. \u201cMichael Cohen has come out and unequivocally stated that the Radical Left Prosecutors, Tish James and Alvin Bragg, pressured and coerced him to testify against your favorite President, ME, when they made him the key player in their Political Witch Hunts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, in a post to his Substack, Cohen claimed that he was \u201ccompelled and coerced\u201d by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James into testifying against Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \u201cWhen Politics Blind Justice,\u201d Cohen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therealmichaelcohen.substack.com\/p\/when-politics-blind-justice\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discussed<\/a> the charges against Trump and his role in them. He explained, \u201chow these cases are actually built, who they rely on, and what happens behind closed doors long before a jury ever hears a word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy perspective is not theoretical,\u201d Cohen said in the Substack essay. \u201cIt is lived. In 2023 and 2024, I testified in two trials in which President Donald J. Trump was the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn both trials, government lawyers made me the key witness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the time I first began meeting with lawyers from the Manhattan DA\u2019s Office and the New York Attorney General\u2019s Office in connection with their investigations of President Trump, and through the trials themselves, I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government\u2019s desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therealmichaelcohen.substack.com\/p\/when-politics-blind-justice\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Cohen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring my time with prosecutors, both in preparation for and during the trials, it was clear they were interested only in testimony from me that would enable them to convict President Trump,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cWhen my testimony was insufficient for a point the prosecution sought to make, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prosecutors frequently asked inappropriate leading questions<\/a> to elicit answers that supported their narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that a similar situation occurred during his role as a witness in the case brought by James against Trump. Cohen again emphasized that he felt \u201ccompelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4586947\/federal-judge-blocks-doj-anti-weaponization-fund\/\">FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS DOJ\u2019S $1.776 BILLION \u2018ANTI-WEAPONIZATION\u2019 FUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLetitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-interfering-in-2024-election-with-trump-trial-theyre-blatantly-rigging-it\/\" title=\"Democrats aren&#039;t &quot;interfering&quot; in the 2024 election with ... trial, they&#039;re clearly rigging it.\">political calendar<\/a>, but they share the same playbook,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cBoth used their platforms to elevate their profiles, to claim the mantle of the officials who \u2018took down Trump.\u2019 In doing so, they blurred the line between justice and politics; and in that blur, the credibility of both suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump cited Cohen\u2019s claims and emphasized that because of them, the cases against him should be dismissed \u201conce and for all,\u201d and expressed his innocence against the charges and convictions against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow that his testimony is wiped away, and the unAmerican, Political Charade \u2018Cases\u2019 are even further discredited, they should be put out of their misery, and dismissed, once and for all,\u201d Trump said. \u201cOur Constitution, and the Rule of Law, demand immediate and swift dismissal, as well as for the Perpetrators of the Radical Left Lawfare and Weaponization to be held criminally responsible for their terrible misdeeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump demanded New York cases be dismissed, citing Cohen\u2019s \u201ccoerced\u201d claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2609359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-q0w7gtb6c-1780388644521-e1780388703554.jpg?1780374312&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61877,34319,80654,80655,3634],"class_list":["post-2609358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criminal-defense","tag-legal-battles","tag-new-york-court-cases","tag-political-witch-hunts","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-q0w7gtb6c-1780388644521-e1780388703554.jpg?1780374312&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609362,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609358\/revisions\/2609362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}