If the Trump administration is going to start giving out cash to victims of political witchhunts, Michael Cohen is getting right in line. President Trump's ex-lawyer and fixer tells NBC News that he's drafting a letter to the DOJ seeking money from the new "anti-weaponization" fund, which acting Attorney General Todd Blanche unveiled after Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax returns. Cohen says he learned about the fund on TV and modeled his move on a letter from Trump ally Michael Caputo posted on X, requesting $2.7 million from the Justice Department for "the machinery of government" being politically misused against him. The DOJ has said the fund isn't partisan, notes the Wall Street Journal, ostensibly making Trump's adversaries eligible.
Says Cohen: "My understanding is that there actually is no formal application that exists. You do it via letter to the Department of Justice, and I have drafted that letter—I'm on my third rendition of it. I wanted it to be perfect." Cohen, who served three years in prison for tax and campaign finance crimes, argues he fits the fund's purpose, pointing to the 2018 unlawful leak of his financial data by a Treasury contractor, who later pleaded guilty. Cohen says that if the fund is meant for people hurt by politicized law enforcement and government leaks, "there is perhaps no clearer example than what happened to me."
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