Michael Cohen Reveals What He Did When He Heard About Trump’s Sentence [Video]

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump‘s former lawyer, revealed that he had to check ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to understand more about the president-elect’s “unconditional discharge” sentence in his New York “hush money” conviction.

“In my entire legal career, I’ve never even heard of an unconditional discharge. I was so confused about it, I actually went to ChatGPT,” Cohen, who was also a key witness in the case against his former boss, told MSNBC in a Friday evening interview.

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s transition team via email for comment on Saturday morning.

Why It Matters

Trump’s sentencing is unprecedented in American history. The then-former president was convicted in May 2024 by a New York jury for falsifying business records linked to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, intended to suppress allegations of an affair ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has denied the allegations and claims the case is politically …