As Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial wound down in Manhattan, his former fixer Michael Cohen made a big bang in the Hamptons over Memorial Day weekend.
Multiple sources said that Cohen is next hatching a run for Congress, and is planning a new book, we hear.
One insider said he was like a “walking reality show” as he hit a series of parties and hotspots in the tony Long Island enclave away from Manhattan court over the weekend, and that he was mobbed.
Cohen — the prosecution’s key witness in the case against Trump — was branded as “the GLOAT” in court on Tuesday by Trump’s lawyers. “He’s literally the greatest liar of all time,” Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, reportedly told jurors as the case came to a close in court.
But in the Hamptons over the weekend, Cohen was the talk of the town.
A spy told us that the ex-con was spotted grabbing lunch at 75 Main “three days in a row,” and that he was overheard saying he “wants to run for Congress.”
Also at the Southampton power spot was Nassau County Executive, and Trump supporter, Bruce Blakeman, we hear.
Apparently at one Hamptons party, a New York socialite was overheard telling Cohen, “If you run I will be your first massive check… I could raise you millions.”
On Friday night, Cohen was spotted at Bistro Été in Water Mill, where he was greeted by Jimmy Fallon, who was dining with his wife, film producer Nancy Juvonen.
Cohen’s Hamptons tour didn’t stop there.
We hear he was also spotted at Le Bilboquet in Sag Harbor on Saturday night, where guests also included power real estate broker Michael Lorber and Fanatics founder Michael Rubin.
Another source told us that over the holiday weekend, “Cohen was strutting confidently around the Hamptons as if he were the biggest star.”
The source added, “Cohen hinted he’d be writing another book once the trial has been decided from…
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