Cohen Defends Trump Podcast Reunion Amid Backlash

President Trump is set to record a podcast interview Wednesday with Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney and the star witness in his hush money trial. The interview airs Thursday on Cohen's show on New York radio station 77 WABC.

• 34 felony counts resulted from the hush money trial in which Cohen testified.
• 2018 was the year FBI agents seized Cohen's phones and records, starting their break.
• Summer 2025: the two men quietly met at Trump's Bedminster golf club, their first known contact in years.
• Cohen recently backed Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund; Trump thanked him publicly.

Why it matters: The interview is the first known public conversation between Trump and Cohen since their falling-out played out across FBI raids, guilty pleas, congressional testimony, and a criminal trial.

• Cohen served prison time and testified under oath that he violated his moral compass at Trump's direction.
• Todd Blanche, who cross-examined Cohen at trial, is now Trump's attorney general.

How 47 sources split on this story

Where they split: Outlets agree on the basic facts but disagree on tone: left-leaning sources emphasize the criminal conviction and Cohen's adversarial role, while Newsweek frames it primarily as a reunion between two longtime friends.

What’s next: Thursday's 6 p.m. ET broadcast carries the first portion of the interview.

• The remainder airs on Cohen's Sunday show, 5–6 p.m. ET on 77 WABC.
• Whether Trump and Cohen have formally reconciled, or what the terms of any rapprochement are, remains publicly unknown.
• What topics the two men will discuss has not been previewed by either side.
• How the interview affects Cohen's legal or public standing is unclear.