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It’s Trump v. Cohen, With $500 Million on the Line

The civil suit cranks up the heat on Alvin Bragg’s star witness ahead of Trump’s criminal trial.

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President Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 8, 2022. AP/Andrew Harnik
A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

President Trump’s $500 million lawsuit against one of his former lawyers, Michael Cohen, threatens the Manhattan district attorney’s star witness with economic ruin ahead of Mr. Trump’s criminal trial. It also suggests that with the former president’s liberty on the line, he has determined that his best defense is litigation offensive.  

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A.R. HOFFMAN
A.R. HOFFMAN

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law degree from Stanford.

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