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2024年5月20日，美国纽约市，美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普的前律师迈克尔·科恩离开曼哈顿的住所，前往特朗普的刑事审判庭作证，指控其在2016年伪造商业记录以掩盖向色情明星斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付封口费的行为。路透社/爱德华多·穆尼奥斯/档案照片 购买授权许可
华盛顿8月20日路透电 — 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周四与迈克尔·科恩进行了一场亲切的公开重聚。科恩曾是特朗普的“私镇”，后来转而成为对手，其法庭证词促成了特朗普在2024年斯托米·丹尼尔斯封口费案中的定罪。
正在寻求赦免的科恩在其纽约电台节目中采访了特朗普。他称呼特朗普为“老板”，并就友谊与宽恕发表了六分钟的独白。
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2018年，科恩因2016年大选前向成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯支付13万美元封口费，以及逃税、在国会宣誓作伪证等其他罪行，被判处三年监禁，实际服刑超过一年。
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2024年，特朗普因伪造34项商业记录以掩盖向丹尼尔斯支付封口费的罪名被定罪，科恩的证词是定罪依据之一。他否认与丹尼尔斯（本名斯蒂芬妮·克利福德）有过接触，目前正对判决提起上诉。
特朗普在封口费案庭审中的代理律师是托德·布兰奇，现任美国司法部长。布兰奇在法庭上称科恩为“史上最大骗子（GLOAT，即Greatest Liar Of All Time的缩写）”。
“两个打了数年全面公开口水战、隔着巨大鸿沟互相攻击言语与法律武器的人，究竟是如何重新坐回同一间房间的？”科恩说道，“我们选择了宽恕。”
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在11月中期选举前寻求政治盟友的特朗普，随后以友善的口吻向这位共事15年的前“私镇”打招呼：“你好，迈克尔。你还好吗，迈克尔？”
“我尊重你推翻此前所有证词的做法，”在白宫接受采访的特朗普说道。
科恩播出了一段预先录制的采访片段，内容围绕特朗普最热衷的议题展开，包括他针对移民的竞选政策，以及他对不利民调的蔑视。
白宫未立即回应置评请求，更多采访内容将于周日播出。
2024年特朗普连任获胜后，联邦上诉法院下令封口费案的曼哈顿法官，重新审视2024年7月最高法院作出的赋予特朗普广泛起诉豁免权的里程碑式判决，对这起纽约案件产生的影响。
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科恩在采访环节的结尾以唱歌收尾，哼唱了1978年皮奇斯与赫布组合的R&B歌曲《重逢》中的歌词：“重聚于此，感觉真好……”
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Trump, former fixer Michael Cohen have warm interview at political low point for president
August 21, 2026 1:15 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago / Reuters
By Bo Erickson
Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, departs his home in Manhattan to testify in Trump’s criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York City, U.S., May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump had a warm public reunion on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former fixer turned foe whose court testimony contributed to Trump’s 2024 conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial.
Cohen, who is seeking a pardon, interviewed Trump on his New York radio program. He called Trump “boss” and gave a six-minute monologue on friendship and forgiveness.
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In 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison — and served more than a year — for a $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election — as well as for other crimes, including cheating on his personal taxes and lying under oath to Congress.
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Trump was convicted in 2024 on 34 counts of falsification of business records to conceal the Daniels payment, in part due to Cohen’s testimony. He has denied the encounter with Daniels, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford, and is appealing the ruling.
Trump was represented in the hush-money trial by Todd Blanche, now the U.S. attorney general. In court, Blanche called Cohen the “GLOAT,” meaning the “greatest liar of all time.”
“How do two men who spent years in an all-out public war hurling verbal and legal missiles across a massive canyon ever come back to the same room?” Cohen said. “We forgaved.”
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Trump, who is seeking political allies ahead of the November midterm elections, then greeted his former fixer of 15 years with a convivial: “Hello Michael. How are you, Michael?”
“I respect the fact that you recanted everything you said,” said Trump, who spoke to Cohen from the White House.
Cohen aired excerpts from a pre-recorded interview that focused on Trump’s favorite themes, including his campaign against immigrants and his disdain for unfavorable polls.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the interview, more of which is to be aired on Sunday.
After Trump won re-election later in 2024, a federal appeals court ordered the Manhattan judge in the hush-money trial to review more closely how the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in July 2024 giving Trump broad immunity from prosecution affected the New York case.
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Cohen ended the interview segment in song, crooning a lyric from the 1978 R&B song by Peaches & Herb: “Reunited, and it feels so good…”
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Reporting by Bo Erickson; editing by Donna Bryson and Edwina Gibbs
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