Trump Says He’d Consider Pardon for Cohen

President Donald Trump said he would consider granting clemency to Michael Cohen, his former fixer, if the application and circumstances “check out.” Cohen, who is seeking a pardon, was sentenced in 2018 to three years in prison for campaign-finance violations related to a payment to Stormy Daniels, tax offenses and lying to Congress. His testimony later contributed to Trump’s 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records connected to that payment, a ruling Trump denies and is appealing. Trump said Cohen had been pressured into testifying and praised him for later claiming he felt coerced, while Cohen has clarified that his personal feelings about pressure did not mean his testimony was untruthful or inaccurate.