Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is demanding that President Biden pardon him as he pardoned his son Hunter before President-elect Donald Trump can take office.
Cohen discussed his efforts to approach the Biden administration for a pardon on MSNBC's “The Weekend” Saturday morning. He stated that not granting him a presidential pardon would still allow him to “be in danger” of being prosecuted by Trump.
Cohen argued that Biden has an obligation to protect him and other Trump critics, as he protected his son Hunter.
Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen issued a request for a presidential pardon to President Biden. (MSNBC screenshot)
“Yes, I filed for a presidential pardon because I believe Joe Biden has the same responsibility to me as he had to his own son,” Cohen said. “And I would hope that the same exact forgiveness that you gave to your son would have to go to me and anyone else who is on that enemies list, whether they want it or not, because I assure you, solitary confinement, where I spent 51 days. It sucks.”
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MSNBC host Symone Sanders agreed with Cohen's concern about being on Trump's “enemies list,” but disagreed with invoking Hunter Biden for his case.
“I mean, Hunter Biden is the last surviving son of the president,” Sanders said.
“By the way, I'm also someone's son,” Cohen responded.
“Okay. You're someone's son,” Sanders said. “But I mean, to be very clear, you are not the president's son. And I think you forgave Hunter primarily because he is your son.”
Cohen stressed how important it was to take Trump seriously as a threat.
Cohen previously said he planned to leave the country if Trump were re-elected. (Getty Images)
“You have to trust Donald Trump's word when he turns around,” Cohen said. “So far, everything he said he intended to do, he actually intends to do. And he has been doing it one by one. Now, it may not all happen on the first day, like he said, but ultimately instance, “I will have more than four years with a whole group of people who will now be in government positions to help you achieve your goals.”
Cohen spent three years in prison on federal charges of tax evasion, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress while working for Trump. He has since become an outspoken critic of the president-elect and testified against Trump in the Alvin Bragg criminal case in New York earlier this year.
Cohen also said in September that he planned to leave the country if Trump was re-elected.
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“I'm already working on a foreign passport under a completely different name. I don't know how it will work with my wife and kids. I certainly don't want them to move to where I'm thinking of going,” Cohen said.
Biden pardoned his son Hunter in December and has signaled he would offer preemptive pardons to other Trump opponents. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Biden came under attack from both sides for granting a pardon to his son Hunter in December, despite insisting he would not do so. In the weeks leading up to the end of his term, Biden also said he is still considering preemptive pardons for some of Trump's political enemies, such as former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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