Donald Trump’s former ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen confronted a woman who shot down missing persons fliers from Israeli hostages in an angry altercation.
The former lawyer, 57, had a confrontation with the woman on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Friday and snapped at her: “What’s wrong with you?”
The woman, wearing a beige overcoat and sunglasses, responded by bringing up Cohen’s legal troubles, saying, “This is illegal.” Put it on yourself, fool. You should be in jail.”
It comes as a number of hostile interactions have emerged across America with people taking down hostages in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Michael Cohen shared fiery images of a woman he confronted for tearing down posters of Israeli hostages
Donald Trump’s former “fixer” and lawyer said afterward that he was “shocked to see this racist, anti-Semitic cheapskate rip the face off the missing child poster and laugh about it.”
As the conflict with Cohen continued, the woman talked about his previous conviction before another passerby appeared to come to his defense.
When the woman repeated “you should be in jail,” the audience member quickly jumped in, “No, you shouldn’t be doing that… you’ve served your time and thank God.”
“You make our government a lot of money because you’re illegal,” the woman continued. ‘You are a liar.’
When Cohen, whose father was a Holocaust survivor, demanded to know the woman’s name, she appeared to confuse him with hedge fund billionaire and Mets owner Steve Cohen in her sarcastic response.
“Steve Cohen and I should be back in jail because I’m a piece of shit,” she said.
After the fiery interaction, Cohen told the newspaper New York Post he tried to hold the woman accountable for her decision.
“As I was walking on Park Avenue at the corner of 61st Street, I was shocked to see this racist, anti-Semitic curmudgeon ripping the face off the missing child poster and laughing about it,” he said.
“There is no place for people like her in civilized society.”
In a follow-up tweet, he joked that the “piece of s***” should be added to the “Wall of Shame” and reiterated his call for her to be identified.
“DM me or message me so we can expose her racist, anti-Semitic actions to her employer and coworkers. Responsibility!’ he added.
Cohen’s clash occurred the same week that Charlotte Wimer and Gray Segal were arrested for allegedly tearing down posters outside a private property in New York’s Gramercy Park.
Photos from the day after the arrest show supporters placing new posters on the grounds of 201 East 23rd Street
It comes as two 18-year-old New Yorkers were arrested this week for allegedly tearing down posters of kidnapped hostages.
Charlotte Wimer and Gray Segal were arrested for allegedly removing posters from a wall outside a private property in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park.
The posters were of 240 Israeli children and adults kidnapped by the terrorist group since the October 7 attack on Israel. NYPD officials have charged both suspects with criminal mischief.
And last month, another NYU student admitted to tearing down posters in the Big Apple, apologizing and blaming her antics on “misplaced anger.”
Yazmeen Deyhimi, a junior at NYU who once worked for the Anti-Defamation League and a self-described “activist,” confessed to taking down the hostage flyers plastered outside NYU’s Tisch Hall.
NYU student Yazmeen Deyhimi admitted to tearing down posters of Israeli hostages and blamed her actions on ‘misplaced anger’
Deyhimi, a third-year student at NYU who once worked for the Anti-Defamation League and a self-described “activist,” confessed to tearing down the banners plastered outside NYU’s Tisch Hall and throwing them in the trash
In a since-deleted Instagram post, Deyhimi “apologized” and offered a bizarre explanation for the shameful act – claiming she was struggling to find her place as a “biracial brown woman” in these “very volatile” times.
“I have found it increasingly difficult to know my place as a biracial brown woman, especially in these very fluid times,” Deyhimi shared.
“I felt increasingly frustrated with the times we are currently in, and this misplaced anger in actions that are not an accurate representation of who I am as a person.”
“In this age of social media and digital footprints, these moments of anger are selfish and self-centered, and do not reflect who I am as a person or who my family raised me to be.”