Trump to record podcast with star witness who helped convict him
In one of the more improbable reunions of his second term, President Donald Trump is set to record a podcast interview with Michael Cohen, his former fixer turned chief antagonist, on Wednesday, according to a White House official cited by MS NOW.
The interview will drop Thursday on Cohen's show, the official said, speaking anonymously about plans not yet public.
The move marked a remarkable "thaw" between two men whose falling-out unspooled across FBI raids, guilty pleas, congressional testimony and a tell-all book, reporters Jake Traylor and Vaughn Hillyard wrote. Cohen was the star witness in the New York hush money trial that ended with Trump convicted on 34 felony counts.
For over a decade, Cohen was one of Trump's closest fixers. That loyalty curdled after the FBI seized his phones and records in 2018. He later admitted to tax-evasion and campaign-finance crimes connected to hush money paid to women who said they'd had affairs with Trump.
"I regret doing things for him that I should not have," Cohen said under oath. "To keep the loyalty and to do the things that he asked me to do, I violated my moral compass."
At trial, Cohen was cross-examined by Todd Blanche, then Trump's defense lawyer, now his attorney general, confirmed this month. Blanche pointed out in court that Cohen had branded him a "crying little s---" on TikTok.
Trump once had his own review of his ex-lawyer, posting: "If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!"
The New York Times reported the pair quietly met at Bedminster in the summer of 2025, the first time the two were known to have spoken in years, and the seed of Cohen's belief that Trump might join him on the mic.