Cohen’s acid, whiny, self-serving tone in “Revenge” belies his oft-stated assertion that he has seen the proverbial light. He wants us to believe that only after his life fell apart did he come to understand Trump’s truly awful nature as a threat to the country. If ever there was a reality show that needs to happen, it would be the adventures of Sitch and Fixer.”)īut it’s hard to square Cohen’s claims with the fact that he willingly spent years working for a man who he suggests has committed numerous crimes and is a veritable blight on humanity. “Of all the miserable time I spent in Otisville,” writes Cohen, “spending time with ‘The Sitch’ was among some of the best. ![]() (One of the few people Cohen has kind words for is, hilariously, his fellow inmate at Otisville, former reality star Michael “The Situation" Sorrentino. The media “had it in for him.” The warden at the minimum security prison in Otisville where he served his sentence reminds him of a Nazi commandant. The presiding judge in his case “failed miserably” to be “fair and impartial.” The FBI agents who went after him were “corrupt, vindictive, and intellectually lazy.” Federal prosecutors, he whines, “have done very well for themselves” after bringing his case to court. His tax problems were the result of his bumbling accountant. He pleaded guilty, he says, to spare his wife and kids - and only after intense pressure from the Department of Justice, which he calls the Department of Injustice. Everyone involved in his case is corrupt or incompetent - and he is a victim. But only up to a point.Ĭohen spends much of “Revenge” assuring readers that he actually did nothing wrong. That the former president politicized the Justice Department and, under Barr’s tenure, the agency, in effect, became Trump’s personal law firm has been well-established. Cohen says the move was orchestrated by Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr to silence him. But when he refused to sign a document pledging not to publish a book about Trump, he was returned to Otisville and held in solitary confinement. After nearly a year in prison, he was furloughed as part of an effort by the Bureau of Prisons to reduce prison populations during the Covid pandemic. But “Revenge” is the story of a man who can’t stop feeling sorry for himself, and who is far more focused on retribution than personal rehabilitation. On the surface, Cohen’s road to Damascus awakening appears refreshing. ![]() Having truly hit rock bottom, and owning up to his mistakes in enabling Trump, Cohen now seeks forgiveness through self-flagellation.īut it’s hard to square Cohen’s claims with the fact that he willingly spent years working for a man who he suggests has committed numerous crimes and is a veritable blight on humanity. Cohen paid a significant price for his association with Trump - a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to eight felonies. Among the epithets he hurls at his former boss are “the Mandarin Mussolini,” “Frankenstein’s monster,” a truly horrible human being,” “bloviating asshole, ”the poster boy for fascism,” “an orange-faced piece of shit,” and in perhaps the book’s most vivid turn of phrase, “the largest piece of shit ever to be dropped on the American public.” This is catnip for the anti-Trump crowd.īut what has helped Cohen stand out from the coterie of Trump acolytes who have sought to cash in on their public change of heart about the former president is a tale of redemption and repentance. In fact, when I spent 100 hours with the Mueller team, being the second-most quoted person in the Mueller report only behind Don McGahn, two members of the Mueller team came to my sentencing, where they stated that everything I told them was truthful, accurate and relevant to their investigation.Rarely does a day go by when I don’t receive an email, tweet, or direct message from fans and enemies of the other Michael Cohen (as I like to call him).Ĭohen has publicly rehabilitated himself by making a complete 180: from close Trump associate to seething Trump hater. Every single statement that I made - the ones that were beneficial to Donald and the ones that were detrimental to Donald - were all truthful. I talked about the inflation of his assets for the purpose of increasing his net worth while deflating the same assets for tax purposes. In fact, when I spoke before the House Oversight Committee, before the world, I made dozens of allegations, the most prescient being that if Donald Trump lost reelection there would never be a peaceful transfer of power. Donald Trump figured out how to play the media and how to use members of his party in order to discredit me. My credibility is an issue because that’s what Donald wanted it to be.
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