Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a notice to voluntarily dismiss his $500 million lawsuit against his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, a court filing showed on Thursday.had sued Cohen in April seeking at least $500 million in damages from his onetime loyal “fixer” after Cohen testified before a Manhattan grand jury that indicted Trump.
Cohen had asked the court in May to throw out the lawsuit against him, calling it an “abusive act of pure retaliation and witness intimidation.” His other three indictments are related to his attempts to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and his handling of classified documents after he left the White House. Trump has pleaded not guilty in all the cases.