Trump says he would consider pardon for former attorney Michael Cohen
Cohen has not personally asked Trump for a pardon, but he submitted an application to the White House after his request was denied by the Biden administration Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would consider pardoning Michael Cohen, the former fixer whom he once branded a “rat” for testifying against him in court and before Congress, but with whom he has recently staged a stunning public reconciliation. Asked by a reporter whether he would grant Cohen’s appeal for presidential clemency, Trump…
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: The Hill · Sep 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM ET
- Coverage span: 2h 7m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 2h 18m
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Trump says he’d consider pardoning Michael Cohen(opens original report in a new tab)President Trump said Friday he would consider pardoning attorney Michael Cohen, while complaining about how the legal system treated his former fixer. Trump was asked about whether he would pardon Cohen, who was the… — The Hill
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 75.4 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 30.4 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 2.5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
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