Michael Cohen Warns About 'Beginning of the End' After Supreme Court Ruling

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, issued a warning on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in the former president's immunity case.

In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled on Monday that former presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but no immunity for private acts. The case centers around the federal indictment of Trump's alleged attempts at overturning the 2020 presidential election results after losing to President Joe Biden.

Trump's attorneys argued that his actions constituted official presidential acts and that he was raising concerns about the election's legitimacy in his official capacity as president. Prosecutors, however, argue that he was acting as a candidate, not a president, at the time. While the former president celebrated the ruling, many legal and political analysts sounded the alarm about its implications, with some arguing it places presidents above the law.

Cohen, a Trump critic, described the ruling as the "beginning of the end" during an episode of his Mea Culpa podcast released on Friday.

"The ruling itself feels like the real beginning of the end. The conservatives' long game to undermine the Constitution is working, and with that sort of immunity, Trump will be unleashed to do all manner of terrible evil deeds and never ever be held accountable," Cohen said.

He continued: "You put this ruling together with the 2025 Project, and you have a real f****** s*** sandwich, because the Court and Heritage Foundation are working in lockstep to get their president reelected and, worst of all, with unlimited power to change our democracy into a Christo-fascist dictatorship."

Newsweek reached out to the Supreme Court and Trump's campaign for comment via email.

Project 2025 is an initiative developed by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, to make significant changes to the backbone of the U.S. federal government. It is designed to be implemented if Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.

On Friday, Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social, his social media platform, that he disagrees with parts of Project 2025.

"I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they're saying and some of the things they're saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them," the former president wrote.

Cohen, however, said he believes that if Trump is reelected in November, the initiative would "usher in an unfettered Christian nationalist agenda."

Cohen also served as Trump's longtime "fixer," but turned on him after serving a prison sentence for charges of tax evasion, making false statements to a federally-insured bank, and campaign finance violations.

He served as a key witness in Trump's Manhattan hush money case, in which the former president was convicted of falsifying business documents to cover up payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Daniels had alleged that she had an affair with Trump in 2006, which he has denied. The former president maintains his innocence and has vowed to appeal the verdict.