Michael Cohen published a first look at his book about Donald Trump on Thursday, revealing several bombshell claims, including that he witnessed an infamous ‘golden showers’ incident.
In the peek at his memoir ‘Disloyal,’ Cohen reveals the ‘mob boss’ mentality of the president in his foreword, which he titled ‘THE REAL REAL DONALD TRUMP.’
‘Apart from his wife and children, I knew Trump better than anyone else did,’ Cohen wrote, claiming he was the one who pushed him to run for president in 2011 and 2015.
‘In some ways, I knew him better than even his family did because I bore witness to the real man, in strip clubs, shady business meetings, and in the unguarded moments when he revealed who he really was: a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man,’ he revealed.
The memoir, however, does not come without Cohen owning up to his own actions.
‘I made choices along the way—terrible, heartless, stupid, cruel, dishonest, destructive choices, but they were mine and constituted my reality and life,’ he wrote.
In the first part of his book, which was published to DisloyalTheBook.com on Thursday afternoon, Cohen claimed that Trump has ‘no real friends.’
‘He has no one he trusts to keep his secrets,’ he continued. ‘For ten years, he certainly had me, and I was always there for him, and look what happened to me.’
The book also includes a flurry of admissions from Cohen, some of which he already pleaded guilty to and was given a three-year prison sentence for.
‘I stiffed contractors on his behalf, ripped off his business partners, lied to his wife Melania to hide his sexual infidelities, and bullied and screamed at anyone who threatened Trump’s path to power,’ Cohen admitted.
Michael Cohen released the forward of his upcoming book ‘Disloyal,’ about his longtime friendship with Donald Trump where he claimed he witnessed the ‘golden showers’ incident and helped Trump commit tax fraud, create a secret back channel to Vladimir Putin and lie to Melania
‘Coming Soon,’ the president’s former fixer and personal attorney wrote in a tweet along with an image of the cover
Cohen previewed the cover of his upcoming book ‘Disloyal’ on Twitter Thursday morning
‘From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise—I was an active and eager participant,’ he wrote.
The mention of him witnessing golden showers brings a reminder to the Steele Dossier, which claims Russian President Vladimir Putin has blackmail on Trump from the time he was in Moscow for the Miss Universe Pageant in 2013 and allegedly watched a prostitute pee on a bed.
However Cohen says it was in Las Vegas – suggesting he might be referring to a trip with Trump to a club there called The Act whose repertoire included stimulated urination by performers on stage. Trump did a deal at the club to take his Miss Universe competition to Moscow, a previous book by investigative journalists revealed.
Cohen, 53, previewed earlier in the day the cover image and title of his upcoming memoir ‘Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump,’ along with a teaser, ‘Coming Soon’ in the text of the tweet.
This came after the courts ruled against Attorney General Bill Barr’s attempt to stop him from publishing the tell-all.
The U.S. government made an agreement with federal prosecutors at the end of July to abandon its efforts to impose a gag order on Cohen as he prepares to release his book critical of his former boss.
Cohen was released from prison in May 2020 amid concerns over coronavirus after he served one year of his three-year sentence for pleading guilty to campaign finance violations and lying to Congress.
He returned to prison in early July after tweeting about planning to publish a book alleging Trump used racial slurs against former President Barack Obama and former South Africa President Nelson Mandela.
‘Favorable ruling yesterday by the Court as I am close to completion of my book…’ Cohen wrote of Trump’s niece Mary Trump being able to publish her critical book about her uncle.
‘…anticipated release date will be late September.’ Cohen wrote in another tweet.
A week after the president’s former fix-it man and personal attorney was released from prison for the second time, where he spent two weeks after refusing to cease speaking to the media, the ruling came in that he could speak with the media and publish his memoir.
The tweet of him touting his new book Thursday is the first time he has posted since being released from prison.
Cohen was released from prison in late July after being ordered to return after tweeting and talking about how his upcoming book will reveal Trump’s racist comments toward former President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela
The court ruled against Attorney General Bill Barr, who Cohen sued, for trying to issue a gag order against him and sending him back to prison after his May released. The judge argued the move was in violation of Cohen’s First Amendment Rights
Cohen was thrown back into prison one week after tweeting that he would release his tell-all book ahead of the November presidential election and claiming it was a ‘favorable ruling’ that Trump’s niece Mary Trump was permitted to publish her own tell all
Cohen sued U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and federal prison officials during his second stint, claiming he was ordered back because of the book.
U.S. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered he be released at the end of last month, saying the government’s action was retaliatory and a violation of his First Amendment rights.
Cohen intentionally revealed that the book would be coming out ahead of the November elections.
His will join a list of other pre-Election Day books aimed at outsing Trump, including Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear: The Trump White House,’ Mary Trump’s ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,’ and former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s ‘The Room Where It Happened.’
Both Mary and Bolton also faced lawsuits from Trump’s administration trying to stop their publication, but ultimately the court ruled it was lawful for them to go ahead with releasing their respective memoirs.