(The Hill) – Michael Cohen said in a new interview that former President Trump would use military force to “round up” his opponents if he is reelected in November.
“The big warning that I want people to understand is when Donald Trump says something, stop sane washing it. Stop trying to make it into something which has some normalcy to it. What he says, he intends to do,” Cohen, who once served as Trump’s personal attorney, said Sunday on MSNBC.
“When he turns around and says gentle, you know, like the head of his network or other people who are critics, that he intends to use SEAL Team Six or the military within which to round up his critics or his opponents, he intends to do it. And I say that with firsthand experience,” he continued, in remarks highlighted by Mediaite.
Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court on May 16, 2024, in New York. The prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to chip away at Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Cohen, who served a three-year sentence for pleading guilty to federal campaign finance charges and testified against Trump in another case earlier this year, has become a vocal critic of the former president. He recently said he would have to flee the country if Trump wins this November.
The former Trump fixer’s latest comments recall remarks from the former president’s legal team. In January amid Trump’s presidential immunity legal proceedings, Trump’s team argued that he should be immune from prosecution even if he directed SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent.
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Cohen also argued on MSNBC that some Republicans are demonstrating their “fealty” to Trump by not admitting he lost the election, however there is a “slew of Republicans” who want to see unity in the country.
“This is very different than what Donald Trump is saying. Donald Trump continues with that bombastic, with the rhetoric of divisiveness and hate,” Cohen said.
During the recent debate against his Democratic challenger, Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) would not say whether Trump lost the 2020 election.
Vance said he was “focused on the future.”
