Michael Cohen is trying to take Donald Trump to the Supreme Court in a new round of litigation.
The former fixer is petitioning the justices in a bid to get damages for being sent back to federal prison in July 2020 then told he could only get out by signing a gagging order—at a time when he was writing a tell-all book about his time as the then-president’s bagman.
The unusual move means the court could hear oral arguments on the case if at least four justices are in favor, requiring Cohen to win over at least one of the conservatives, assuming he can convince liberals Justices Sonya Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
