Trump Hails Michael Cohen Recantation Amid Legal Clash
President Trump used Truth Social to claim Michael Cohen had “fully RECANTED” his testimony, cast Democrats as rooting against U.S. success in Iran, and celebrate what he called strong jobs numbers even as he complained that markets had not responded as he expected. The posts also folded in renewed attacks on New York prosecutors Letitia James and Alvin Bragg and a familiar argument that the economy would accelerate if interest-rate policy were more favorable. Together, the messages mixed legal grievance, foreign-policy combat, and economic optimism into a single political frame.
Michael Cohen Recants Testimony
LegalTrump said Michael Cohen had “fully RECANTED” his testimony and urged that the remaining New York cases against him be dismissed. He described Cohen as a coerced witness and thanked him for what he called an act of courage.
This post is aimed at reinforcing Trump's long-running claim that the criminal and civil cases against him are politically motivated rather than legally grounded. By portraying Cohen as a witness who has now vindicated him, Trump tries to weaken public confidence in the underlying prosecutions and recast himself as the victim of state-level overreach. The message also keeps pressure on Letitia James and Alvin Bragg, two prosecutors who remain central villains in Trump's broader narrative of legal persecution and electoral injustice.
“I am pleased to report that Michael Cohen, the Prosecution’s Star Witness and, in actuality, only Witness ... has just fully RECANTED his testimony.”
“Now we are asking that any remnant of those Politically Weaponized Cases against me be immediately terminated and dismissed.”