Michael Cohen wants the Supreme Court to address a pivotal question that touches on Donald Trump’s promise to seek “retribution” against his enemies: Can Trump be held liable for allegedly jailing Cohen as a suspected act of revenge during his presidency?
On Wednesday, Cohen is asking the high court to review a case that asks whether average American citizens can hold an American president accountable for leveraging federal law enforcement as a weapon against political adversaries.
Although Cohen’s own advisers consider it a long-shot request given the current makeup of the conservative-leaning court, the court case comes at a pivotal time, just a week after it granted Trump broad immunity for all kinds of potentially criminal behavior and redefined the kind of unchecked power afforded a U.S. president.