It’s a Bad Week to Be Named Michael Cohen. Trust Me, I Know.

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For almost a decade I’ve been mistaken for Trump’s former lawyer—who’s having his “star turn” this week as a witness for the prosecution.

Other than that, working as a political columnist and sharing a name with a convicted felon—who previously worked for Donald Trump, spent time in federal prison, and, according to a

Just a few weeks ago I received a compliment about a column I had written by a woman... who had confused me with yet anotherBut both of these were small potatoes compared to what’s happened over the past nine years—and the near-constant stream of people who have confused me with Trump’s former lawyer.

Then there is the New York car service, Sunny’s, which semi-regularly sends me text messages telling me that my driver is waiting for me outside my apartment… when, in reality, it’s idling outside the other Michael Cohen’s place of residence. It’s gotten so bad that I was forced to change my Twitter handle to “Michael A. Cohen .”White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

In reality, Cohen took one grift—working for Trump—and replaced it with another—attacking Trump. But the end goal was always the same: make as much money as possible.

 

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