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NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen has made misleading statements overstating his role in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the Trump Organization and its top financial executive, Allen Weisselberg, prosecutors say. And Cohen’s credibility problem may also have played a role in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s highly controversial decision to back off the prosecution of Trump himself. “Based on the motions, it seems unlikely that the DA would ever use Cohen as a witness against Weisselberg,” said Daniel R. Alonso, former deputy to ex-Manhattan DA Cy Vance. “But coul…