Donald Trump Legal Cases

Michael Cohen said New York prosecutors "pressured and coerced" him into giving anti‑Trump testimony, asserting he was forced to fit prosecutors' desired narrative and addressing accusations that he is seeking a pardon—saying he would welcome one but that his request to the White House is "far larger than me." In response to his coercion claims, left‑leaning media company MeidasTouch announced it will no longer produce or carry his shows "Political Beatdown" and "Mea Culpa," a decision Cohen called "like losing family" and vowed his podcasts will continue off the network.

E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers have filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court opposing Donald Trump’s petition to overturn the $5 million civil verdict a New York jury awarded her for sexual abuse and defamation, urging the justices not to hear the case. Trump’s petition argues the trial judge wrongly allowed jurors to see the 'Access Hollywood' tape and other evidence, claiming the 2nd Circuit’s approval of those rulings conflicts with other federal appeals courts and raises an 'important question of federal law.' Carroll’s team counters that Trump’s entire petition rests on a factual misstatement that she falsely accused him, details what the jury actually found he did to her in a 1996 department‑store dressing room, and argues there is no genuine circuit split. They also say Trump’s lawyers never showed how any alleged evidentiary error affected his 'substantial rights,' calling that omission a 'fatal defect' under the standards for Supreme Court review. The justices will now consider Trump’s petition, Carroll’s opposition and any reply brief from Trump’s lawyers before deciding whether at least four of them want to grant certiorari, a step the Court takes in fewer than 60 cases per term.

Donald Trump has filed a motion seeking roughly $6.26 million in attorney fees under a 2025 Georgia statute after the Georgia Court of Appeals permanently barred DA Fani Willis and her office from the Fulton election prosecution and the case was dismissed; combined reimbursement requests from multiple defendants total nearly $17 million. Pete Skandalakis, now leading the matter, filed a brief saying the fee‑shifting law is likely unconstitutional—arguing it violates county due‑process and separation‑of‑powers protections and does not apply because Willis was removed for an “appearance of impropriety” rather than “improper conduct”—a position Willis’s office has echoed, while Trump’s lawyer says the statute is constitutional.