Michael Cohen says he expects to testify before grand jury hearing evidence against Trump soon

Former Trump attorney and aide Michael Cohen met Friday with Manhattan prosecutors, who are once again investigating the former president, and expect to testify before a grand jury soon.

Leaving District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office after a significantly longer meeting than the four meetings he’s had in his office this year, Cohen and his attorney told the Daily News that the years-long investigation appears to be in the final stretch. He described the level of specificity of the prosecution’s questions as “extraordinary”.

“It’s really progressing. It’s happening very, very fast now,” Cohen said. “It was a very, very detailed set of questions that the DA team asked, and that’s not all.”

Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, said he expects prosecutors to “very soon” call Cohen to testify before a group of New Yorkers hearing anti-Trump evidence.

“Today we were at a detailed level. I was talking about 50,000 feet, 30,000 feet; we’re at 10 feet,” Davis said. “Michael did a great job figuring out the very detailed questions and answer format today.”

Cohen has met with prosecutors 18 times since their criminal investigation into Trump and his business dealings began. He began collaborating in 2019 while in the Otisville Correctional Facility. Cohen went to jail for paying women silence money to buy their silence about Trump cheating on his pregnant wife, Melania. Trump denies the sex dates took place.

Cohen said the purpose of the payments made ahead of the 2016 presidential election was to influence its outcome. He called Trump “Person 1” when he mentioned him in his 2018 plea.

Sources told The News that a state grand jury convened by Bragg in January is hearing evidence of how Trump and his real estate namesake classified the expenses of porn star Stormy Daniels when they returned the money to Cohen.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the grand jury is in its final stages and has recently questioned Trump Organization staffers, Daniels attorney Keith Davidson, and David Pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer and close Trump confidant. Pecker received federal immunity in the Cohen case to testify that Trump knew about the payments.

Trump denounced the DA’s investigation as a “witch hunt” and Cohen as “the disbarred SleazeBag lawyer.”

Reacting to criticism from his former boss, Cohen said, “It just shows that he’s nervous and scared.”

“And that’s what Donald Trump does when he gets nervous and scared and then attacks,” Cohen said. “It’s just typical Donald aberration.”