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If everything is checking out, it’s something I would consider. I appreciate that at least he came out, although late, he came out and rectified the situation.
— President Donald Trump, in comments given to reporters, concerning whether he would consider pardoning Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and fixer. Cohen’s testimony contributed to Trump’s 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Cohen now claims that he “felt pressured and coerced” to testify against Trump. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison, and served more than a year’s time, for arranging the Daniels payment and committing other crimes, including tax evasion and lying to Congress. Cohen was later disbarred. Trump, who is appealing that conviction, continues to deny having had an encounter with Daniels.
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