{
  "id": 2251429,
  "title": "Everything Michael Cohen Said About Potential Trump Pardon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/everything-michael-cohen-said-about-potential-trump-pardon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T23:42:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/everything-michael-cohen-said-about-potential-trump-pardon-12347765"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During an appearance on CNN, Michael Cohen stated that he did not petition President Donald Trump for a potential pardon. The two discussed various topics during a preview segment of Cohen's New York radio program, including 2016, Iran, poll numbers, and gasoline prices. Cohen described their relationship as \"being resuscitated\" and that he believed there was forgiveness between Trump and himself. Cohen mentioned that he had submitted a pardon application to President Trump, rewriting the cover letter to replace Biden's name with Trump's, but had not received an acknowledgment of the application. Legal analyst Elie Honig noted that this was a \"fascinating social experiment\" and a \"fascinating social experiment; he took the exact same pardon application, supported by a bunch of liberal prominent voices, which was not acted on by Biden, and now he's resubmitted it to Trump.\"",
  "summary": "Cohen said that he had a pardon application in with former President Joe Biden, but it was denied.",
  "key_points": [
    "Michael Cohen denied petitioning Trump for a pardon.",
    "Cohen and Trump had a relationship described as \"resuscitated.\"",
    "Cohen resubmitted a pardon application to Trump."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Michael Cohen's actions suggest he is seeking to curry favor with Trump, submitting a rewritten pardon application and describing a renewed relationship with the former president.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}