In this Saturday morning live, I walk through a development that should be setting off alarms across the pro-democracy media space: Michael Cohen’s increasingly erratic behavior whenever the Epstein files come up—and a new Substack essay that appears to quietly rewrite his own role in Trump’s criminal conviction.
After watching a late-night Substack live hosted by Waj Ali, and revisiting recent clashes involving Lev Parnas and Tara Palmieri, a troubling pattern becomes impossible to ignore. Cohen, once seen as a redeemed insider who paid a real price for his loyalty to Trump, now reacts with rage and deflection when pressed on Epstein-related questions. That behavior alone is concerning. But his latest essay goes further, suggesting he was pressured by prosecutors to shape testimony—language that feeds directly into Trump’s narrative of “lawfare” and corrupt prosecutions.
I unpack why this matters, how that framing could be weaponized by Trump’s DOJ, and why voices like Parnas and Ali believe Cohen may be angling for a pardon. This isn’t an accusation—it’s an analysis of incentives, timing, and behavior. And in a moment when truth is already under assault, even subtle revisions of the historical record carry enormous consequences.
