Michael Cohen Mocks Trump After Giving Evidence: 'If a Photo Could Speak'

Michael Cohen has mocked his one-time client Donald Trump after testifying against the former president in a civil fraud trial.

The former attorney, who faced Trump in court on Tuesday while delivering evidence in the $250 million lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, posted images online early on Wednesday, poking fun at Trump's demeanor.

Cohen cut ties with Trump after being convicted of various offenses in 2018. They included lying to Congress and violating campaign finance laws in relation to money he paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels on behalf of the former president, to keep quiet about an alleged affair.

Cohen, whose testimony continues on Wednesday, is considered a key witness in the civil trial where Trump is accused of fraudulently inflating the value of his assets and properties in financial statements.

Trump has denied all wrongdoing in connection to James' lawsuit.

On Tuesday, a social media user called Mike Morton shared an image of Trump outside the New York courtroom on X, formerly Twitter. Trump appears tired and perhaps disgruntled in the image, which is captioned: "If a photo could speak."

Morton's post was a reply to a comment by attorney and Trump critic Ron Filipkowski, who wrote: "Trump sits in court all day listening to Michael Cohen testify that his business empire is a facade, has a reporter tell him about Jenna Ellis's plea deal as he's walking out, then gets in his car to learn Mark Meadows testified against him to a grand jury on an immunity deal."

Cohen reshared Morton's post on Wednesday morning, along with a photo of himself looking comparatively cheerful as he left the New York Supreme Court. Cohen added the caption, "If a photo could speak (part 2)," suggesting his day had gone far better than his former client's.

Newsweek has contacted Trump's office for comment via email.

In court on Tuesday, Cohen said Trump had told him to increase the value of assets "based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected."

Cohen said he and the Trump Organization's long-time chief finance officer Allen Weisselberg then had to "reverse engineer" the financial statements to achieve these valuations.

Asked what valuations they would work on, Cohen replied: "Whatever number Mr Trump told us to."

Speaking outside the court in Manhattan, Cohen said it was a "heck of a reunion," but the civil fraud trial was not about the feud between the pair.

"This is not about Donald Trump vs Michael Cohen or Michael Cohen vs Donald Trump," he said. "This is about accountability, plain and simple."

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Cohen's testimony was a "complete and total disaster," accusing his former attorney of telling "lie after lie, and getting caught each time."