Michael Cohen calls Trump's $500 million suit against him "pure retaliation"
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's onetime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen asked a court to throw out the former U.S. president's $500 million lawsuit against him, calling it an "abusive act of pure retaliation and witness intimidation."
Cohen's lawyers in a filing late Monday in Miami federal court said the lawsuit combined the "worst of Mr. Trump's vindictive impulses," and that its timing was no coincidence.
Trump sued Cohen on April 12, eight days after pleading not guilty to 34 criminal charges from the Manhattan district attorney's office over a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
Cohen made the payment on Trump's behalf and is expected to be a key witness against Trump if the case goes to trial. He had previously testified before a grand jury that charged Trump with falsifying business records.
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