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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is demanding that President Biden pardon him he pardoned his son Hunter before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Cohen spoke about his efforts to reach out to the Biden administration for a pardon on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” Saturday morning. He argued that not granting a presidential pardon would still allow him “to be at risk” of prosecution by Trump.
Cohen argued that Biden has an obligation to protect him and other critics from Trump, just as he protected his son Hunter.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has issued a request for a presidential pardon from President Biden. (MSNBC screenshot)
“Yes, I applied for a presidential pardon because I believe that Joe Biden has the same responsibility to me that he had to his own son,” Cohen said. “I would expect that the same forgiveness that he gave his son must go to me and anyone else on that enemy list, whether they want it or not, because I assure you, solitary confinement, where I spent 51 days, shit.”
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MSNBC host Symone Sanders agreed with Cohen’s concerns about being on Trump’s “enemies list,” but disagreed with calling Hunter Biden on his case.
I mean, Hunter Biden is the president’s last surviving son, Sanders said.
“I’m somebody’s son, too, by the way,” Cohen replied.
“Got it. You’re somebody’s son,” Sanders said. “But I mean, to be very clear, you’re not the president’s son. And he pardoned Hunter primarily because he’s his son, I think.”
Cohen insisted on the importance of taking Trump seriously as a threat.
Cohen has previously said he plans to leave the country if Trump is re-elected. (Getty Images)
You have to take Donald Trump at his word when he turns around, Cohen said. “So far everything he’s said he’s going to do, he’s going to do it. And he’s done one thing at a time. Now, it might not all be day one, like he said, but ultimately it’s I’ll have four more years with the whole group individuals who will now fill government positions to help him achieve his goals.”
Cohen spent three years in prison for federal crimes tax evasion, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress while working for Trump. He has since become a vocal critic of the president-elect and testified against Trump in Alvin Bragg’s New York criminal case earlier this year.
Cohen also said in September that he had plans leave the country if Trump were to be re-elected.
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“I’m already working on a foreign passport with a completely different name. I don’t know how that’s going to work for my wife and kids. I certainly don’t want them to move where I want to go,” Cohen said.
Biden pardoned his son Hunter in December and signaled he would offer preemptive pardons to other Trump opponents. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Biden has come under fire from both sides for granting his son Hunter a pardon in December, despite insisting he would not. In the weeks leading up to the end of his term, Biden also said he still is with regard to prerequisite pardons for some of Trump’s political enemies, such as former GOP representative Liz Cheney and others. Anthony Fauci.
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