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Michael Cohen Accuses CNN, MS NOW Of Blacklisting Him

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President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen accused both CNN and MS NOW on Thursday of blacklisting him because they oppose his commentary.

Cohen refuted allegations pertaining to Trump’s alleged relationship with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during appearances on CNN and MS NOW in 2025, along with asserting on Jan. 16 that prosecutors “pressured” him to curate his testimony against Trump. Host Lara Trump, on “The Right View With Lara Trump,” asked Cohen on her podcast if he felt like Democrats and the media “used [him] as a tool” to criticize her father-in-law and push certain political perspectives.

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“I do. In fact something that I think both of us understand all too well is that with public life there are expectations placed upon you, and it’s sad because political groups and these media outlets — these independent outlets as well — it’s not just that they hope, they demand that your voice reinforces the narrative that they already believe,” Cohen said.

“I will always say what I believe. I will always say what I know to be accurate and truthful, even if it doesn’t perfectly align with the expectations of either political party or the media outlet itself,” he added. “I mean basically CNN, MS NOW, they’ve both basically blacklisted me because they don’t like the narrative that I’m portraying.”

A CNN spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Cohen’s statement was untrue. “This claim is false. CNN editorial teams make daily decisions about guests based on newsworthiness,” the spokesperson said.

MeidasTouch, a left-wing media company, announced in January that it was cutting ties with Cohen the day after he accused New York prosecutors of coercing him to help convict Trump in a Substack post.

Cohen is widely viewed as an unreliable witness and has a record of admitting to lying under oath.

He testified in May 2024 that Trump both instructed him to make a payment for a nondisclosure agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels and agreed with the reimbursement plan beneath the falsifying business record charges at the center of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case. A jury in the deep-blue New York City borough of Manhattan convicted Trump later that same month.

Cohen has seemingly not appeared on CNN or MS NOW since November 2025, according to transcript searches on Grabien.

Moreover, Cohen predicted that Trump’s enemies would face accountability for alleged legal violations during August, September and October appearances on MS NOW.

MS NOW did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.