Michael Cohen, who previously served as President Donald Trump's lawyer before becoming a prominent critic, is getting a radio show.
Cohen, who has a large social media following, told the New York Post the new job at 770 WABC in New York would be "completely liberating" for him.
"I'm moving my 1.5 million followers from my podcasts, YouTube, and Substack over to this new platform, and it's an absolute rush to have a space where I can give them the plain, unvarnished truth," Cohen told the Post.
"Radio is intimate, it's just my voice going straight into your car or your headphones," Cohen added. "You can't fake it here; listeners can smell BS from a mile away.
"And believe me, after everything I've been through, I know exactly what BS smells like, and I'm here to call it out every single day," Cohen continued.
On his radio show, Cohen said he plans to focus on "accountability" and be the voice of the "tired majority."
Cohen said the group is "completely exhausted by endless fighting in D.C. that does absolutely nothing to help everyday Americans."
"I'm here to use my past and my insider knowledge to pull back the curtain and set the record straight for them," Cohen said.
WABC owner John Catsimatidis told the Post that Cohen and Trump have smoothed things over.
"I checked with the White House and they had no objection," Catsimatidis said. "I understand everything is fine."
Cohen declined to comment to the Post on his relationship with the president.
"I was told the president gave me a glowing recommendation for this gig because he believes I'm going to be the next Rush Limbaugh," Cohen said.
Cohen will be taking the timeslot previously held by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is taking the summer off.
Despite testifying against Trump in two court cases, Cohen was complimentary when he appeared on WABC.
"You don't have to necessarily agree with every single thing that the president says or does," Cohen said on WABC. "His goal is to actually do right by the country. You may not agree with his methodology, but it's his methodology," he said on the "Cats Roundtable."
"The American people voted for him to be President of the United States. Every single president comes to the Oval Office with their own agenda. Donald Trump is entitled to his own agenda," Cohen added.
"If you didn't like it, if you didn't want it, then maybe you should've gotten out and voted," Cohen continued. "But you didn't. Seventy-nine million people ... voted for the man, and so allow him to fulfill his agenda."
Cohen's show launches July 12.
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