Trump's ex-lawyer makes 'bold prediction' about president's 'king'-like ambition

Donald Trump's former attorney on Sunday made a "bold, public prediction" about the president's ambitions.

When Americans stepped into the voting booth in 2024, they brought to power something more like a monarchy that a presidency, according to the president's ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen.

"I’ve never been shy about making bold, public predictions. And to date, as you have seen, I’ve been right almost every time. This one is no different," he wrote on his Substack over the weekend. "We didn’t just elect President Trump to a second term. We gave him power that looks less like a presidency and more like a monarchy. And this King is already using his courts to punish those who stood against him."

Cohen goes on to say, "We’re not guessing. We’re not speculating. We’re watching it happen in real time."

"Every day there’s another headline, another subpoena, another court ruling; and every day Trump is winning," he added. "Not quietly, not in the shadows, but right in front of us. It’s the kind of political retribution that used to be whispered about. Now, it’s a press conference."

Cohen goes on to cite a recent example of exactly what he means.

"Ed Martin is the clearest example of how this is being carried out. A longtime Trump loyalist and vocal supporter of those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, Martin now leads something called the 'Weaponization Working Group' at the Department of Justice," Cohen wrote. "The title alone sounds like a parody, but the mission is deadly serious: target the president’s political opponents under the banner of rooting out 'abuses' in the justice system."

He continued:

"Martin’s first assignments? New York Attorney General Letitia James; the woman who hit Trump with a half-billion-dollar civil fraud judgment, and Senator Adam Schiff, who led the charge on impeachment. Both are facing federal investigations over allegations of mortgage fraud. Both deny wrongdoing. And both now have federal prosecutors digging into their lives because they had the audacity to stand up to the King."

Cohen next makes his prediction about Trump's targets.

"So, here’s my newest prediction: both Letitia James and Adam Schiff will be held 'accountable.' Whether it’s pursuant to some strained interpretation of law or simply Trump’s personal desire, they are both doomed in this system. That’s not because they’re guilty of anything; it’s because they went after the King and failed to take him down," he wrote Sunday. "And in politics, as in history, there’s an old adage: you don’t strike at a King unless you kill him. They missed; and now, he’s coming for them. God bless their political souls. May they find peace in the afterlife!"

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