{"id":2654696,"date":"2026-09-04T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-michael-cohen-recanted-new-york-criminal-testimony\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:34:43","slug":"trump-says-michael-cohen-recanted-new-york-criminal-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-michael-cohen-recanted-new-york-criminal-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Michael Cohen \u2018recanted\u2019 New York criminal testimony"},"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\">18<\/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-says-michael-cohen-recanted-new-york-criminal-testimony%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=2654696&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 announced his intention to ask New York authorities to dismiss the criminal case recently brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The case involves 34 felony charges related to allegedly falsified business records used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cant-delay-new-york-civil-trial-amid-piling-legal-troubles-judge-rules\/\" title=\"Judge rules ... cannot delay New York civil trial amidst mounting legal woes.\">conceal hush money payments<\/a> to Stormy Daniels to prevent her from speaking publicly about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.Michael Cohen, Trump\u2019s former attorney adn key witness for the prosecution, has publicly stated that he was coerced into cooperating and has recanted his testimony. Trump praised Cohen\u2019s recantation, claiming it, along with his recent reconciliation with Cohen, underscores that the case is politically motivated and unlawful. Trump\u2019s legal team filed a court motion requesting the state attorney general\u2019s office to identify and preserve any relevant communications with Cohen, emphasizing the need for transparency before proceeding.Trump also continues to appeal legal decisions, including attempts to transfer his case to federal court, and awaits responses from the authorities regarding his requests.  <\/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\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Friday that he plans to ask the state of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"61\">New York<\/a> to close the book on the criminal case brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alvin-bragg\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11216\">Alvin Bragg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, Bragg brought 34 felony charges against\u00a0Trump\u00a0regarding allegedly falsified business records used to conceal \u201chush money\u201d payments made to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stormy-daniels\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"459\">Stormy Daniels<\/a> to prevent her from speaking publicly about an alleged sexual relationship she had with Trump. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-cohen\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"458\">Michael Cohen<\/a>, the president\u2019s former personal attorney, was the prosecution\u2019s star witness but has since publicly stated that Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4422863\/michael-cohen-coerced-letitia-james-alvin-bragg-testify-against-trump\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4422863\/michael-cohen-coerced-letitia-james-alvin-bragg-testify-against-trump\/\">coerced him<\/a> into cooperating.<\/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\/white-house\/4714205\/trump-michael-cohen-recant-testimony-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Michael Cohen \u2018recanted\u2019 criminal testimony and asks New York to drop \u2018any remnant\u2019 of case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4713828\/labor-watchdog-report-lori-chavez-deremer-toxic-work-culture\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Labor watchdog issues scathing report of former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer\u2019s \u2018toxic\u2019 work culture<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4713616\/former-kentucky-governor-matt-bevin-arrested-extra-christian-film-set\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin arrested while performing as extra on Christian film set<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am pleased to report that Michael Cohen, the Prosecution\u2019s Star Witness and, in actuality, only Witness in the New York State Attorney General and Manhattan DA Witch Hunt Cases brought against me, has just fully RECANTED his testimony,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday afternoon. \u201cHe was \u2018pressured\u2019 and \u2018coerced\u2019 to say things that were not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump recently reconciled with Cohen and appeared on his podcast in late August. In his post, Trump thanked Cohen \u201cfor having the Wisdom and Courage to step forward and do the right thing,\u201d adding that \u201cHis Act of Bravery is a Great Credit to the Justice System in New York City and State. I am sure it was not easy for him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow we are asking that any remnant of those Politically Weaponized Cases against me be immediately terminated and dismissed,\u201d the president concluded. \u201cTheir Star Witness said everything they did was WRONG and UNLAWFUL! Letitia James and Alvin Bragg broke the Law in order to do this in order to prevent me from becoming the President of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s legal team submitted a four-page court filing in New York state court on Thursday, indicating the defense team is seeking an order requiring the attorney general\u2019s office to identify and preserve any communications with Cohen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s lawyers asked the court to direct \u201cNYAG to state, in writing \u2026 whether the Requested Materials \u2026 exist,\u201d and, if they do, to confirm \u201con a document-specific basis\u201d that they \u201chave been and continue to be preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not immediately clear when the office of the New York attorney general or the Manhattan district attorney will respond to the request, or whether the court will agree to the request.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4712517\/vance-china-play-ball-iran-economy\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS CHINA \u2018WILLING TO PLAY BALL\u2019 ON STRANGLING IRAN\u2019S ECONOMY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in January, Cohen began making his claims about being coerced into working with the prosecution in the New York case. His team did not respond to questions about whether he had formally retracted his testimony and statements to the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump last week <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4704499\/trump-vows-powerful-appeal-federal-court-rejects-transfer-hush-money-case\/\">lost a renewed bid<\/a> to transfer the case out of state court and into federal court, and he has already appealed that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. His legal team is still appealing the guilty verdict in state court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump plans to ask NY to dismiss case over recanted witness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4099,"featured_media":2654697,"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\/09\/AP19058580116482-e1788546195877.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40875,32120,85147,3634],"class_list":["post-2654696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-michael-cohen","tag-new-york","tag-recanted","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP19058580116482-e1788546195877.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654696","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\/4099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654701,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654696\/revisions\/2654701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}