Trump drops $500 million lawsuit against former fixer Michael Cohen days before his scheduled deposition, but may revive the claim later

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump

Left: Michael Cohen (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File); Right: former President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Former lawyer Michael Cohen, 57, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a failed lawsuit against his former boss, Donald Trump, 78.

The ex-president’s onetime fixer and current bête noire alleges that in 2020, Trump, then-U. S. Attorney General Bill Barr and various Justice Department officials retaliated against him for penning a tell-all book about his time in Trumpworld and had him thrown in jail.

The lawsuit has been serially dismissed at every stage in the federal system, however, but not without controversy and handwringing.

Now, in a long-promised Wednesday petition for writ of certiorari, Cohen’s attorneys have appealed to the highest court in the land.

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