Michael Cohen says he was "pressured" and "coerced" by Alvin Bragg and Letitia James to testify against Trump

Here we go again with another chapter in the never-ending Trump legal soap opera, but this time the script flip is coming from the guy who used to be the star witness against him.

Michael Cohen, the former fixer who spent years singing like a canary with a grudge, is now admitting he was "pressured" and "coerced" by Alvin Bragg and Letitia James to deliver the anti-Trump testimony they so desperately wanted.

In his latest Substack missive (because, of course, it's on Substack), Cohen drops this gem:"I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony . . .  against President Trump."

And just in case that wasn't clear enough, he doubles down: "I 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."

He says the pressure started right from the opening bell in his first meetings with the prosecutors working for Bragg and James.

Regarding James specifically, Cohen writes: "Letitia James made it publicly known during her 2018 campaign for attorney general that, if elected, she would go after President Trump. Her office made clear that the testimony they wanted from me was testimony that would help them do just that. Again, I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking."

Trump, never one to miss a chance to say "I told you so," called the whole thing proof of a "very corrupt investigation" in a Friday night chat with conservative media site The Daily Wire. He's been calling Cohen a liar since the beginning, and now the liar is basically agreeing that the fix was in to get him to talk. Cohen walks through the two big cases: the civil fraud suit from James' office about Trump supposedly puffing up asset values for loans, and the Manhattan DA's criminal hush-money extravaganza involving Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.

Juries bought it both times, of course.

Cohen unconsciously covers his groin area

But now Cohen is out here saying: "Letitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or political calendar, but they share the same playbook. Both used their platforms to elevate their profiles, to claim the mantle of the officials who 'took down Trump.' In doing so, they blurred the line between justice and politics; and in that blur, the credibility of both suffered."

And the reason he's finally speaking up? A federal appeals court just breathed new life into Trump's push to toss the hush-money conviction, and Cohen figures staying quiet would make him complicit.

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"I am not writing this to defend Donald Trump, nor to re-litigate his conduct," he insists. "That ground has been plowed endlessly, often loudly, and rarely thoughtfully. I am writing because I have seen this system from the inside. . . . When politics and prosecution become indistinguishable, public trust erodes; not just in individual cases, like mine and/or Trump's, but in the system itself. That erosion serves no one, regardless of party, personality, or power."

Translation: The guy who helped build the cases is now telling us the scaffolding was rigged from the start.

Color me shocked. Just kidding. This is New York justice we're talking about, after all.

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No plea deal, no cuffs, Trump's attorney says

Joe Tacopina, the attorney for former President Donald Trump and an "Imus in the Morning" guest in days of yore, said in an interview Friday that he doesn't expect his client to be handcuffed and there will be no plea deal when he turns himself in to New York law enforcement possibly on Tuesday of next week.

Trump has been indicted as a result of a 5-year investigation over an alleged $130,000 in hush money that his former associate Michael Cohen paid without his knowledge regarding Stormy Daniels, aka Stephanie Clifford, a person who does private things on video for money. The case against Trump is to determine the money recorded in business records was used to conceal or commit a second crime, or whether serial liar, Michael Cohen, is telling the truth for once.

While the indictment is still under seal, The New York Times reported that Trump faces more than two dozen counts while CNN put the number at greater than 30. The actual number is determined by how many things Alvin Bragg can creatively use to go after a former President of the United States.

The weird thing is, the left would love to see a US president go to prison because they are incapable of understanding what that suggests to the world and the implications it will have on the nation in the future.

Tacopina said in an interview on NBC News that Trump “will not take a plea deal on this case. It’s not going to happen.”

In celebration of the news, former CNN host Brian Stelter, consumed a gallon tub of Rocky Road ice cream and Joy Behar of "The View"  felt a tingle go up her legs.

“There’s no crime,” Tacopina claimed. “I don’t know if it’s gonna make it to trial because we have substantial legal challenges.”

In an interview on ABC News, Tacopina said that Trump was “shock[ed]” by the news that he was being indicted.

Nah. He expected it even though it's unprecedented in the country's history.

“This is unprecedented in this country’s history. I don’t know what to expect other than an arraignment,” he said. “I understand they’re going to be closing off blocks around the courthouse, shutting down the courthouse. You know, we’ll go in there and we’ll proceed to see a judge at some point, plead not guilty, start talking about filing motions, which we will do immediately and very aggressively regarding the legal viability of this case.”

The Democrats are hoping for violence from Trump supporters and if they're smart, they will hang back and do nothing but quietly demonstrate their disapproval while wearing buffalo horns and face paint the color of Old Glory.

The news comes as The Wall Street Journal reported that District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has started examining an alleged $150,000 payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who was Playmate of the Month for December, 1997 and almost as hot as Melania.

Trump faces additional legal jeopardy in three other criminal investigations into him, including a federal investigation into his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, an investigation in Georgia related to alleged meddling in the 2020 election, and another federal investigation into his handling of U.S. government records after leaving office.

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