Former President Donald Trump's $500 million lawsuit against former attorney Michael Cohen could backfire, former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut warned in an op-ed in Slate.
Trump filed the lawsuit last week on the heels of his indictment in Manhattan over his role in hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign. The former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsification of business records. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection to the payment, later testified that Trump reimbursed him for the payment and is expected to be a key witness at the trial.
