According to Advance Democracy, the addresses and phone numbers of Cohen’s wife and children were posted on a website on Monday, days after the non-profit group warned of a high volume of social media posts containing violent rhetoric targeting the New York judge Juan Merchan and the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, each of whom played key roles in Trump’s conviction.
The group also warned that posts of the purported addresses of trial jurors had appeared on a fringe online board known for threatening, pro-Trump content.
“What sad times we are living through when people resort to this type of doxing stupidity to redress their grievances,” Cohen said in a statement to NBC News.
Cohen presented a polarizing figure during Trump’s month-long trial. The longtime Trump loyalist, who previously served prison time for tax fraud, testified against the former president, saying that he had been directed to organize a hush-money payment to the porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep her from telling her story of a sexual encounter with Trump.
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