--- title: Michael Cohen Deleted an Ironic Tweet About Hillary Clinton description: The internet dug up an old tweet from Michael Cohen taunting Hillary Clinton about imprisonment — and he deleted it. canonical: https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-22T19:18:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:29.209Z og:title: Michael Cohen Deleted an Ironic Tweet About Hillary Clinton og:description: Cohen, who pled guilty to fraud charges, once taunted Clinton about jail time og:url: https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt231ec523566f19ca/69893865bc6cfcce7f3e6c43/michael-cohen-plea-deal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5276 og:image:height: 2968 og:image:alt: Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Enters Plea Deal Over Tax And Bank Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Cohen Deleted an Ironic Tweet About Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Cohen, who pled guilty to fraud charges, once taunted Clinton about jail time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt231ec523566f19ca/69893865bc6cfcce7f3e6c43/michael-cohen-plea-deal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michael Cohen Just Deleted an Ironic Old Tweet About Hillary Clinton  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 22, 2018 7:18 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 21: Michael Cohen, former lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Federal Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in New York City. Cohen reached an agreement with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges involving bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance violations.(Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 21: Michael Cohen, former lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Federal Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in New York City. Cohen reached an agreement with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges involving bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance violations.(Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)Yana Paskova—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 22, 2018 7:18 PM UTC Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is [having a tough week](http://time.com/5373301/michael-cohen-plea-deal/) — both in real life and on social media. On Tuesday, Cohen [pleaded guilty](http://time.com/5374316/michael-cohen-trump-lawyer/) in a New York federal courtroom to eight charges of tax evasion, campaign finance violations and false financial statements. He could face up to 65 years in prison, with a sentencing set for Dec. 11. His bombshell court appearance [lit up the internet](http://time.com/5373953/avenatti-stormy-daniels-mueller-michael-cohen-trump-manafort/) even before the charges were read— and led eagle-eyed followers of the legal drama and Cohen’s past to scour his Twitter timeline earlier in the week for old or incriminating statements. As it turns out, Cohen had once criticized none other than former presidential candidate tweeting the below at [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/5284908/hillary-clinton-yale-class-day-speech/). “When you go to prison for defrauding America and perjury, your room and board will be free!” Cohen had tweeted, all the way back on Dec. 19, 2015. The irony was not lost on followers of the political saga that Cohen’s words had potentially come back to haunt him. Prominent social media commentators, including comedian [Kathy Griffin](https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1031980216686505985), took to the web to retweet his old message. But it seems even in the midst of his legal troubles, the original tweet has been deleted. Clearly, it did not age well with his potential upcoming consequences. > [](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1032239889386037248) > [](https://twitter.com/tamaraholder/status/1031991187052351488) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/"},"headline":"Michael Cohen Just Deleted an Ironic Old Tweet About Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2018-08-22T19:18:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:29.209Z","description":"The tweet did not age well","url":"https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt231ec523566f19ca/69893865bc6cfcce7f3e6c43/michael-cohen-plea-deal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt231ec523566f19ca/69893865bc6cfcce7f3e6c43/michael-cohen-plea-deal1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Enters Plea Deal Over Tax And Bank Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations","caption":"Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Enters Plea Deal Over Tax And Bank Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations","creditText":"Yana Paskova—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5374886/michael-cohen-hillary-clinton-tweet/","name":"Michael Cohen Just Deleted an Ironic Old Tweet About Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```