Donald Trump claimed that Michael Cohen recanted his testimony in the New York cases.

Posted by Deadline: White House, Sep 7, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 1 contradict6 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 90%

Deadline: White HouseSep 7, 2026

The claim is about what Trump said, and multiple outlets confirm that Trump posted on Truth Social on September 4, 2026 that Cohen had 'fully RECANTED' his testimony, and repeated it on September 9.

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… Daily Beast or other places is well aware that Donald Trump lives about a hundred percent of the time in the past, desperately thinking or ruminating of new ways to erase his felony criminal conviction in New York. Chief among those thoughts this afternoon, Trump posted this: quote I am pleased to report that Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness and, in actuality, the only witness in the New York State Attorney General and Manhattan DA witch hunt cases all capitalized, for some reason brought against me, has just fully all caps recanted his testimony, without any proof or corroboration to back up that claim. Trump also posted that Cohen was quote pressured and quote coerced to say things that were not true. …

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What we found

Supports. Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Newsweek, Yahoo News and The Express all quote Trump's September 4, 2026 Truth Social post saying Cohen 'has just fully RECANTED his testimony' in the New York cases.[1][2][3][4][5]

Supports. Washington Sun reports Trump reiterated on September 9 that he believed Cohen had recanted his testimony in the New York case.[6]

Contradicts. The Inquirer reports that Cohen has not in fact recanted his testimony and has not taken any of it back, though he says he felt pressured and coerced; this disputes the recantation itself, not Trump's claim to have made it.[6][7]

Context. The claim's timing is slightly off from the passage: the Truth Social post was dated September 4, while the passage reporting it is dated September 7; the claim that Trump made the statement is still accurate.[1][7]

Sources

7 sources: 7 not rated

1Trump Claims Michael Cohen Has 'Fully RECANTED ...mediaite.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
2Trump says Michael Cohen 'recanted' New York criminal ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
3Donald Trump says Michael Cohen has recanted hush ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
4Donald Trump claims 'coerced' Michael Cohen has 'recanted ...the-express.com · not rated · cited for: supports
5Donald Trump says Michael Cohen has recanted hush money testimonynewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
6Trump Says He'd 'Consider' Pardoning Michael Cohenwashingtonsun.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
7For Trump's former fixer, a tortured path from 'rat' to ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context

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