Anti-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Running For Congress In 2026

Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for former President Donald Trump who recently served as the “star witness” in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s dubious “hush money” case, wants to run for Congress in 2026.

In an interview with New York Magazine, Cohen stated that he intends to challenge U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) in an effort to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District. “We thank him for his service, but it’s enough already,” Cohen said of Nadler.

Cohen intends to announce his campaign on November 6, one day after the upcoming elections. He will be looking to unseat one of the longest serving members of Congress in Nadler, who has been in office for more than three decades.

The disgraced lawyer — who went to prison for fraud and perjury — added that he would have preferred to run this year but was unable to after suffering a “mental breakdown” from the Trump case.

“What a great country America is,” he said. “Anyone can run for Congress — even con men.”

In a lengthy puff piece from New York Magazine, Cohen explained how he decided to turn against Trump after his longtime client did not reward him with a job in the administration of pardon him for his legal troubles. He chalked up his bizarre behavior before the trial — which included a number of TikTok rants in which he railed against the former president — to insomnia.

“It’s crazy. I would say for my very first day, I’m not joking now, 90% of the time that I was on the stand, he was sleeping. Well, I shouldn’t say sleeping. He was with his eyes closed and slumped over,” Cohen said of the Trump trial. Here’s the crazy s***: The jury can see him! They are watching him! Now, if I was a juror and the defendant is so disinterested in his own case? I’d be p****d!”

Despite a number of legal analysts reporting that Cohen’s testimony was underwhelming, a Manhattan jury still voted to convict a former president on highly questionable charges. Trump is set to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.