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Trump’s Ex-Attorney Michael Cohen Has a Few Hypotheses
We can all expect more—much more—from the president this week, he says
Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney is sounding the alarm again. Michael Cohen, in a Zoom chat this past weekend, echoed what many pundits and politicians are saying about the end of 45’s presidency: more violence is on the way, stoked by Trump’s ego.
Speaking with German and U.S. journalists during a session hosted by the RIAS Berlin Commission, Cohen said that Americans should brace for more acts of protest in the days leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joseph Biden. This possibility impacts not only politicians, but also anti-racism advocates and equity workers regardless of race. Cohen — who pleaded guilty in 2018 to multiple crimes, including campaign finance violations after a special investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — said that Trump sees himself “as a monarch, as a dictator, as an autocrat” and will not accept his loss to Biden.
Experts have long been saying that this way of thinking led to a group of White men brandishing Confederate flags and spears as they broke into the Capitol building last week.
“He has a very fragile ego,” Cohen said. “…he truly believes he won this election and that…
