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- ABC News
- Donald Trump
- March 30, 2023
Everything you need to know about Michael Cohen
Trump and Cohen go back more than a decade.
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His party switch was followed shortly by an announcement from the GOP that he was added to the Republican National Committee's finance leadership team as national deputy chairman.
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That wasn't the first time that Cohen switched to the Republican Party, however, having run a failed bid as a Republican for an Upper East Side city council seat in 2003, according to real estate news site The Real Deal.
Well before that, his other earlier forays into professional politics came on the Democratic side, including volunteering for Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign and working as a legislative intern for former Rep. Joe Moakley, D-Mass.
While Cohen's public image is intrinsically intertwined with Trump, he has shared some tidbits of information about his personal life online as well.
Cohen has used his online presence to praise his \"Ivy League daughter,\" which prompted some outcry since it was accompanied by a picture of her modeling in tights and lingerie.
And he's defended himself against claims of being a racist by posting that he is the \"son of a Holocaust survivor\" along with a collage of photos of him with various African-American Trump supporters.
As the son of a holocaust survivor, I have no tolerance for #racism. Just because I support @POTUS @realDonaldTrump doesn't make me a racist pic.twitter.com/lfIwdosreE
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) August 16, 2017
But the most constant topic of conversation on Cohen's Twitter account was undeniably the Trump administration, members of the Trump family, and Trump himself.
It shows the long history between the current president and his former fixer, which dates back long before Twitter was even around but was well documented on Trump's preferred social media site.
In a declaration of support for Trump's birthday in July 2017, Cohen shared a picture of them together in what looks like Trump's New York City office.
\"I stand with you every day as you work to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain for all Americans!\" Cohen wrote.
RT...Happy birthday to our @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. I stand with you every day as you work to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain for all Americans! pic.twitter.com/XHY9YpItKs
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) June 14, 2017
ABC News's Meghan Keneally contributed to this report.
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