Donald Trump was the victim of unprecedented lawfare.
The truth about this witch hunt is finally coming out.
And Alvin Bragg and Letitia James had one dark secret exposed that had them panicking.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg And Attorney General Letitia James Ran Coordinated Trump Prosecution
After years of attacking Donald Trump, his former personal attorney Michael Cohen just admitted what Trump supporters knew all along.
The star witness against Trump says he was "pressured" and "coerced" by Alvin Bragg and Letitia James to deliver testimony that would convict the President.
In a stunning Substack post published Friday evening, Cohen writes that he "felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government's desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump."
He says the pressure began from his very first meetings with prosecutors working for Bragg and James.
Cohen testified in two cases against Trump.
James brought a civil fraud case accusing Trump of inflating his assets to get favorable loans.
Bragg prosecuted Trump criminally for allegedly falsifying business records.
Juries found Trump guilty in both cases.
But now the star witness admits prosecutors only cared about testimony that would convict Trump.
Cohen says prosecutors kept asking him leading questions whenever his answers didn't support their narrative.
About James specifically, Cohen writes he "felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking."
"Letitia James made it publicly known during her 2018 campaign for attorney general that, if elected, she would go after President Trump," Cohen writes.
"Her office made clear that the testimony they wanted from me was testimony that would help them do just that."
President Trump told The Daily Wire this proves it was a "very corrupt investigation."
Trump has always maintained Cohen is a liar who only cooperated to reduce his prison sentence.
And he was right.
Michael Cohen Reveals Prosecutors Shaped Hush Money Trial Testimony Through Leading Questions
Cohen admits he started cooperating because he wanted out of prison.
He met with Manhattan prosecutors in August 2019, three months into his three-year sentence for lying to Congress and other crimes.
He admits during Trump's trial that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization.
Cohen kept meeting with prosecutors after his September 2020 release, hoping cooperation would shorten his home confinement.
"During my time with prosecutors, both in preparation for and during the trials, it was clear they were interested only in testimony from me that would enable them to convict President Trump," Cohen writes.
The prosecutors shaped his testimony through improper leading questions.
They asked questions designed to get specific answers that fit their predetermined story.
When Cohen's testimony didn't give them what they wanted, they'd rephrase the question until he said what they needed.
This is prosecutorial misconduct.
Bragg and James both ran for office promising to prosecute Trump.
James made it a centerpiece of her 2018 Democrat primary campaign.
They picked their target first, then went looking for evidence to fit their predetermined narrative.
Cohen writes that "Letitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or political calendar, but they share the same playbook."
"Both used their platforms to elevate their profiles, to claim the mantle of the officials who 'took down Trump,'" he continues.
"In doing so, they turned their courtrooms into campaign headquarters."
A federal appeals court just revived Trump's effort to undo the conviction in the Bragg case.
That timing matters.
Cohen says he's speaking out now because he's "witnessed firsthand the damage done when prosecutors pick their target first and then seek evidence to fit a predetermined narrative."
Justice had nothing to do with it.
Bragg and James wanted Trump destroyed.
They coerced a convicted liar to give them the testimony they needed.
Leading questions got twisted until Cohen said what fit their story.
Now James and Bragg’s star witness admits he was pressured into giving them what they wanted.
Their whole rotten scheme just collapsed.
Sources:
- Mary Margaret Olohan, "BREAKING: Michael Cohen Says He Was 'Coerced' And 'Pressured' By Bragg, James To Testify Against Trump," The Daily Wire, January 16, 2026.
- Michael Cohen, Substack post, January 2026.
- Court documents, Manhattan District Attorney's Office v. Trump, 2024.
- Court documents, New York Attorney General v. Trump Organization, 2024.
- Federal appeals court ruling, Trump v. Bragg, January 2026.
- The Daily Wire interview with President Donald Trump, January 2026.
