Former President Donald Trump's one-time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen trolled his former boss on X, after Trump secured a delay in giving a deposition in a $500 million lawsuit he filed against Cohen to attend his civil fraud trial in New York.
The delay was reported on Friday by Bloomberg News.
"US Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres in Miami on Friday moved the deposition originally set for Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, while chastising Trump for agreeing to the earlier date despite knowing for months it would overlap with the trial," reported Erik Larson. "Trump claimed 'it was imperative that he attend his New York trial in person — at least for each day of the first week of trial when many strategy judgments had to be made,' Torres said in his ruling. 'Plaintiff insisted that he would be prejudiced if he could not do so.'"
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Cohen then replied.
“I look forward to seeing Donald at the NYAG’s civil trial next week as it has been many years since we have seen one another," said Cohen in his sardonic response to the delay. "Our time together will continue as I additionally plan on being at his deposition on October 9th.”
Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega piled on the mockery, writing, "Trump would rather go to his trial than get deposed by counsel for Michael Cohen. He will have to think of something else to delay it further."
Trump's lawsuit alleges that Cohen, who helped arrange his alleged hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels and served time in prison over it, has made defamatory claims about Trump, broken attorney-client privilege, and improperly enriched himself. Trump is currently facing criminal charges from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for his own purported role in that hush payment.
The civil suit that Trump is delaying the deposition for was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging he and his adult sons fraudulently inflated the value of his assets to improperly obtain loans. A state judge has already found on summary judgment that Trump and his sons are liable for fraud, but the upcoming trial will be used to establish how much money they owe in damages.
