唐纳德·特朗普的前私人律师迈克尔·科恩正在寻求驳回前总统指控科恩违反信托责任的5亿美元诉讼。
在一份新的法庭文件中，科恩表示，特朗普未能提出索赔。
科恩的律师本杰明·布拉斯基和丫蛋·佩里在驳回申请的动议中说，“这起诉讼结合了特朗普先生最糟糕的报复冲动。”。“这份投诉无聊且漫无目的，是纯粹报复和恐吓证人的滥用行为，尽管这是一份笨拙的投诉。”
法宝提起诉讼上个月，在佛罗里达州的一家联邦法院，科恩通过在书籍、播客和媒体露面中发表大量关于特朗普的“煽动性和虚假声明”，指控科恩“大举违反信托和合同”。
科恩的律师指出，诉讼的时间正好与特朗普的起诉书很大程度上是基于科恩的大陪审团证词。
前总统唐纳德·特朗普的前助手迈克尔·科恩在“早安美国”节目中谈论特朗普的调查。
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科恩的动议称，“这一时机绝非巧合”。“(曼哈顿地区检察官的)起诉书涉及特朗普、科恩和其他人之间的封口费支付计划，目的是通过贿赂一名成人电影明星来影响2016年总统大选，以便她不会公布她与特朗普的恋情。这与科恩已经认罪的计划相同，特朗普很清楚，在未决的刑事案件中，科恩是对他不利的重要政府证人。”
“本案中的指控是又一次厚颜无耻、实际上非法的企图，目的是让一名针对特朗普的关键证人保持沉默。科恩的律师说，“再说一次，特朗普先生的报复运动应该停止。”
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, sued by Trump for $500M, seeks dismissal of suit
Donald Trump'sformer personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is seeking the dismissal of a $500 million lawsuit by the former president that accuses Cohen of breach of fiduciary duty.
In a new court filing, Cohen said Trump failed to state a claim.
"This suit combines the worst of Mr. Trump's vindictive impulses," Cohen's attorneys, Benjamin Brodsky and Danya Perry, said in the motion to dismiss. "The Complaint, frivolous and scattershot, is an abusive act of pure retaliation and witness intimidation, albeit a ham-fisted one."
Trumpfiled his lawsuitin a Florida federal court last month, accusing Cohen of "an onslaught of fiduciary and contractual breaches" through numerous "inflammatory and false statements" about Trump in books, in his podcast and in media appearances.
Cohen's attorneys noted that the timing of the lawsuit coincided withTrump's indictmenton criminal charges that was based, in large part, on grand jury testimony by Cohen.
"This timing is no coincidence," Cohen's motion said. "The [Manhattan DA's] indictment relates to the hush money payment scheme between Mr. Trump, Mr. Cohen, and others to influence the 2016 presidential election by paying off an adult film star so that she would not publicize her affair with Mr. Trump. This is the same scheme to which Mr. Cohen had pleaded guilty, and Mr. Trump is well aware that Mr. Cohen is an important government witness against him in the pending criminal matter."
"The Complaint in this case is yet another brazen and indeed unlawful attempt to silence a key witness against Mr. Trump. And, once again, Mr. Trump's campaign of retaliation should be shut down," Cohen's attorneys said.
