Michael Cohen vows to stop talking about Trump case 'despite not being a gagged defendant'

Former President Donald Trump's erstwhile attorney and fixer Michael Cohen is making a promise to his former boss: He'll stop talking about the Manhattan criminal trial in public until he takes the witness stand to take down the ex-president.

Cohen made the mocking promise in a post to X on Wednesday.

"Despite not being the gagged defendant, out of respect for Judge Merchan and the prosecutors, I will cease posting anything about Donald on my X (formerly Twitter) account or on the Mea Culpa Podcast until after my trial testimony," posted Cohen, ending his comments with, "See you all in a month (or more)."

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Cohen, who has admitted to facilitating a hush payment from Trump to adult film star Stormy Daniels and turned on the former president after serving a stint in prison for his role, is slated to be a key witness in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Trump for business fraud. Trump and his attorneys intend to counter Cohen's testimony by discrediting his account, noting that he has admitted to lying and therefore can't be trusted. Cohen, for his part, contends that his lies were also at the direction of Trump himself.

However, the former president is currently facing additional legal problems from the fact that he has publicly promoted attacks on Cohen from his social media platform, which prosecutors argue is a violation of the gag order Judge Juan Merchan placed him under. Merchan held a hearing on this matter earlier in the week, where the former president's lawyers struggled to explain their client's behavior.

While Cohen could be one of the most explosive witnesses, he is not the first. Prosecutors opened their case with testimony from David Pecker, the former National Enquirer head who has been implicated in similar schemes to bury scandals involving Trump during the 2016 election.