5 Revelations From Cohen: 2017 Checks, 'Catch-And-Kill,' Possible Book Deal
5 years, 10 months ago

5 Revelations From Cohen: 2017 Checks, 'Catch-And-Kill,' Possible Book Deal

NPR  

5 Revelations From Cohen: 2017 Checks, 'Catch-And-Kill,' Possible Book Deal Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The testimony on Wednesday from Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer who is headed to federal prison in early May, was a potentially seminal moment in the myriad investigations into the Trump administration House Democrats are expected to launch now that they control the chamber. Cohen, at one time one of Trump's closest advisers and a self-described "fixer," used his public testimony before the House Oversight Committee to detail how far he went to protect Trump — and his 2016 presidential campaign — from potential scandals, as well as to help inflate estimates of Trump's personal net worth. Sponsor Message Cohen also came armed with literal receipts in the form of the image of a March 2017 payment Trump made to him while in the White House from a blind trust Trump claimed was set up to separate his business interests from his duties as president, and the image of a second check from August 2017 bearing Trump's distinctive signature, that together instead showed he was very much still involved in the family-run business. Here are five major revelations from Cohen's testimony: California Democrat: "Garden variety financial fraud" Cohen was famously at the center of arranging a payment related to Trump's alleged sexual encounter with adult film star Stormy Daniels, who was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about a claimed 2006 tryst.

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Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manhattan DA agrees to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case

CNN  

CNN — The Manhattan district attorney said Tuesday it would agree to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing to give them time to litigate the President-elect’s expected motion to dismiss the hush money case. In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan, the district attorney’s office also acknowledged that Trump is not likely to be sentenced “until after the end of after the …

Trump tries to strike another hush money deal with Stormy Daniels ahead of election, says report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump tries to strike another hush money deal with Stormy Daniels ahead of election, says report

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has tried to strike yet another hush money …

Donald Trump’s conviction in New York’s hush money trial and its ramifications | Explained
7 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump’s conviction in New York’s hush money trial and its ramifications | Explained

The Hindu  

In an unprecedented verdict, a New York jury on May 30 unanimously convicted Donald J. Trump of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign. The $130,000 payment was made by Mr. Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen to buy Ms. Daniel’s silence during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential …

Trump accused of trying to ‘hoodwink’ voters with election conspiracy fueling hush money scheme
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump accused of trying to ‘hoodwink’ voters with election conspiracy fueling hush money scheme

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was the subversion of democracy,” according to Manhattan District Attorney Joshua Steinglass, who …

Trump prosecutor’s closing arguments focus on ‘cover-up’ while defense attacks key witness
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump prosecutor’s closing arguments focus on ‘cover-up’ while defense attacks key witness

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks following the day’s proceedings in his criminal trial in Manhattan Criminal Court last week. Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the …

What To Expect As Trump's Criminal Trial Nears Its End
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What To Expect As Trump's Criminal Trial Nears Its End

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, which could potentially make the presumptive Republican nominee for president a convicted felon, is winding down. Expect prosecutors to remind jurors of the testimony from the witnesses they called, all of whom filled in the picture of how, in a scheme arranged by the now-disbarred attorney Michael Cohen just days before …

These are the key players in Trump’s hush money trial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

These are the key players in Trump’s hush money trial

The Independent  

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Michael Cohen admits to stealing from Trump Organization while clawing back Stormy Daniels’ hush money
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Cohen admits to stealing from Trump Organization while clawing back Stormy Daniels’ hush money

The Independent  

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Michael Cohen reveals Tiffany Trump was target of extortion plot
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Cohen reveals Tiffany Trump was target of extortion plot

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump was the target of …

How Trump’s lawyers scored a real win against Michael Cohen.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump’s lawyers scored a real win against Michael Cohen.

Slate  

On Thursday, following Michael Cohen’s second day of cross-examination in the Donald Trump hush money trial, I packed into an elevator exiting the courthouse with a group that included CNN personalities George Conway and Kaitlan Collins. Earlier in the trial, when Trump was coming back into the courtroom after a lunch break, my colleague Susan Matthews had seen Trump goon …

Prosecution rests in Trump’s hush money trial; defense now gets its turn to call witnesses
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Prosecution rests in Trump’s hush money trial; defense now gets its turn to call witnesses

LA Times  

Michael Cohen heads to Manhattan criminal court in New York on Monday. Cohen testified Monday that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump’s company — an admission defense lawyers hope to use to undermine Cohen’s credibility as a key prosecution witness. Before Costello took the stand, Judge Juan M. Merchan ruled that he would allow the defense to …

Cohen faces more cross-examination as Trump’s trial enters final stretch
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cohen faces more cross-examination as Trump’s trial enters final stretch

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump’s former lawyer is the prosecution’s last witness in the ex-president’s hush-money trial in New York. Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen faces another day of cross-examination, as the ex-United States president’s hush-money trial enters the final stretch this week in New York. The landmark trial kicks back off in Manhattan on Monday morning with more defence questioning of …

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up
7 months, 3 weeks ago

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal — or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American president. THE PROSECUTION’S CASE Through witnesses including a porn actor, …

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

Hindustan Times  

With prosecutors’ hush money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, defense lawyers pressed former attorney Michael Cohen on his criminal history and past lies Thursday as they worked to convince jurors not to believe the star witness' pivotal testimony. Michael Cohen is asked about taking an oath as he is cross-examined by defense lawyer Todd Blanche during former …

Michael Cohen pressed on crimes and lies at Trump's hush money trial
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Cohen pressed on crimes and lies at Trump's hush money trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars. As Trump looked on, defense attorney Todd Blanche pressed Cohen for hours with questions that focused as …

Key takeaways from day 18 of Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Key takeaways from day 18 of Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial

Al Jazeera  

Ex-lawyer Michael Cohen faced a third day of testimony, while Republican politicians gathered in court to support Trump. In New York, the fifth week of Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial has drawn to a close, as disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen testified for a third day about his interactions with the former United States president. But Trump’s defence team again took …

Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday’s Trump hush money trial takeaways
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday’s Trump hush money trial takeaways

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s attorneys started grilling prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial Tuesday, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars. Cohen told Hoffinger he did not dispute the facts of his guilty plea, but that he didn’t think he should’ve been charged with a crime …

Did Republicans pre-plan their dress code to attend Donald Trump's hush money trial in NY? Netizens think so
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Did Republicans pre-plan their dress code to attend Donald Trump's hush money trial in NY? Netizens think so

Hindustan Times  

Day 17 of Donald Trump's hush money trial was a display of solidarity, with key Republican leaders and possible vice presidential candidates rallying around the former president. Doug Burgum, Florida Reps. Cory Mills and Byron Donalds, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were pictured together at Trump's hush money trial in New York. Former US Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks …

Trump hush-money trial | Michael Cohen says former U.S. president was intimately involved in scheme
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump hush-money trial | Michael Cohen says former U.S. president was intimately involved in scheme

The Hindu  

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial. “Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” said Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump's fixer-turned-foe and the prosecution's …

Key takeaways as Cohen faces more questioning on day 17 of Trump’s trial
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Key takeaways as Cohen faces more questioning on day 17 of Trump’s trial

Al Jazeera  

Former Trump lawyer faces cross-examination in New York after accusing ex-president of taking part in hush money scheme. Donald Trump’s erstwhile lawyer Michael Cohen has faced a tough cross-examination, as he delivered a second day of testimony in the former United States president’s hush-money trial in New York. Cohen says he lied to protect Trump The 57-year-old former lawyer also …

Donald Trump's former fixer Cohen resumes testifying about Stormy Daniels hush money payment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump's former fixer Cohen resumes testifying about Stormy Daniels hush money payment

India TV News  

Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen resumed testifying on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial, a day after telling jurors that Trump personally authorized him to make a hush money payment to a porn star weeks before the 2016 election. Cohen's $130,000 payment in October 2016 is at the heart of Trump's trial, the first for a former …

Michael Cohen to face bruising cross-examination by Trump's lawyers
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Michael Cohen to face bruising cross-examination by Trump's lawyers

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: Donald Trump 's fixer-turned-foe awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president's lawyers on Tuesday after testimony that linked the celebrity client to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. Michael Cohen returns to the stand Tuesday as the prosecution's star witness, where …

Watch: Michael Cohen lawyer spars with ex-Trump attorney over legality of hush money
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Watch: Michael Cohen lawyer spars with ex-Trump attorney over legality of hush money

Raw Story  

Michael Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, and a former Donald Trump attorney got into it on CNN Monday morning while the former Trump "fixer" was on the stand. Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, recalled descriptions made by others who frequently described Trump as talking "like the Godfather in signals, in code." Read Also: Michael Cohen: Trump mastered the art of the dodge …

Michael Cohen testimony in Donald Trump hush money trial: A timeline of their relationship.
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Michael Cohen testimony in Donald Trump hush money trial: A timeline of their relationship.

Slate  

Michael Cohen and Donald Trump sure seem to hate each other, yet the two men have been inextricably linked for over 20 years. Now Cohen is at the heart of Trump’s latest court battle—the hush money trial prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that’s currently underway in New York. In order to gain more lenient terms, Cohen implicates Trump …

Michael Cohen implicates Donald Trump in testimony at hush money trial
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Michael Cohen implicates Donald Trump in testimony at hush money trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial. “Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” said Michael Cohen, Trump’s fixer-turned-foe and the prosecution’s star …

Column: Michael Cohen started testifying against Trump. Here’s what prosecutors need from him
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Michael Cohen started testifying against Trump. Here’s what prosecutors need from him

LA Times  

Michael Cohen, perhaps the most anticipated trial witness in modern memory, took the stand Monday morning in the Manhattan district attorney’s hush money prosecution of Donald Trump. In the early hours of his testimony, the former Trump attorney covered the National Enquirer’s alleged agreement to “catch and kill” stories that might damage the then-candidate, which like much of Cohen’s expected …

Star witness Cohen testifies against Trump in hush money trial
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Star witness Cohen testifies against Trump in hush money trial

Al Jazeera  

Former Trump lawyer’s testimony is key in ex-president’s criminal prosecution, six months before US election. The star prosecution witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, Michael Cohen, has accused the former United States president of taking part in a scheme to suppress negative media coverage before the 2016 election. Cohen also testified about his role in arranging hush money payments …

Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records
8 months ago

Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to convince jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money criminal trial cannot be believed. At the same time, they also asked Merchan to modify the order so Trump could …

Why Michael Cohen’s Coming Testimony Will Be a Very Big Deal
8 months ago

Why Michael Cohen’s Coming Testimony Will Be a Very Big Deal

Slate  

With Stormy Daniels’ time on the witness stand soon to end, the suspense at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan builds toward the next truly dramatic moment: Michael Cohen’s appearance. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo told jurors in his opening statement: “Read the documents, the emails, the text messages, the bank statements, the handwritten notes, all of it.” They staunchly back up …

Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report
8 months ago

Damning evidence in Trump trial could be gleaned from previous Stormy Daniels lawsuit: report

Raw Story  

Former top prosecutor and law school professor Andrew Weissmann pointed to another case in which Donald Trump gave a deposition confessing to reimbursing hush money payments paid to cover up an affair — and argued it could be damning evidence in his latest trial. Trump sat in a New York courtroom for the 13th day of trial Tuesday, accused of …

Testifying in hush money trial, porn actor Stormy Daniels describes first meeting Trump
8 months ago

Testifying in hush money trial, porn actor Stormy Daniels describes first meeting Trump

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stormy Daniels took the witness …

Adult film star Stormy Daniels testifies against Trump in New York trial
8 months ago

Adult film star Stormy Daniels testifies against Trump in New York trial

NPR  

Adult film star Stormy Daniels testifies against Trump in New York trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Elizabeth Williams/AP Elizabeth Williams/AP NEW YORK — Adult film actor Stormy Daniels took the stand in the criminal trial against Donald Trump on Tuesday, offering details about an alleged sexual encounter that prompted the former president's lawyers to ask for a mistrial. Stormy …

Trump used personal checking account to pay Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels hush money, trial hears
8 months ago

Trump used personal checking account to pay Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels hush money, trial hears

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial finally got to …

George Conway Dumps On Key Donald Trump Trial Tactic: 'A Huge Mistake'
8 months ago

George Conway Dumps On Key Donald Trump Trial Tactic: 'A Huge Mistake'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Conservative attorney George Conway has questioned the strategy that has been adopted by Donald Trump and the ex-president’s legal team of relentlessly attempting to attack the credibility of former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen ahead of Cohen’s testimony in Trump’s hush money trial. They are “making a huge mistake in going after Michael Cohen the way …

Key takeaways from 12th day of Trump’s New York hush-money trial
8 months ago

Key takeaways from 12th day of Trump’s New York hush-money trial

Al Jazeera  

Jury hears testimony on how hush-money payments were made as judge again fines Trump for violating gag order in case. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified about conversations he had with the company’s longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg in January 2017 about reimbursing Cohen. Payments made from Trump’s account, McConney says After paying the first two reimbursement cheques to …

Trump’s hush money trial week in review: hurricanes, Hulk Hogan and a blockbuster recording
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s hush money trial week in review: hurricanes, Hulk Hogan and a blockbuster recording

LA Times  

Former President Trump, center, talks with defense attorney Emil Bove, left, before the start of trial at Manhattan criminal court Friday. and an actual one Hope Hicks, a onetime Trump confidant who for years was central in his orbit, described in detail a seminal moment of the 2016 campaign: The Washington Post’s disclosure of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” recording in …

Jurors hear Trump and Cohen's 2016 elections conversation in hush money trial
8 months, 1 week ago

Jurors hear Trump and Cohen's 2016 elections conversation in hush money trial

Hindustan Times  

The prosecution's star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 2, 2024. Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael …

Michael Cohen hasn't taken the stand in Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words
8 months, 1 week ago

Michael Cohen hasn't taken the stand in Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But jurors are already hearing Michael Cohen's words as …

Trump hush money trial: Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer recounts 2016 Election Day, ‘What have we done?’
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump hush money trial: Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer recounts 2016 Election Day, ‘What have we done?’

Hindustan Times  

Keith Davidson, who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, was back on the stand on Thursday in the hush money trial against Donald Trump. Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer took the stand again in the hush money criminal trial against Donald Trump Stormy Daniel's former lawyer takes the stand in hush money trial At the time of prosecution, Davidson testified about losing …

'What have we done?' Hush money lawyer explains apparent horror at helping Trump 2016 win
8 months, 1 week ago

'What have we done?' Hush money lawyer explains apparent horror at helping Trump 2016 win

Raw Story  

Keith Davidson, the attorney who worked with Michael Cohen to arrange hush-money payments to one-time Donald Trump mistresses Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, testified on Thursday about his seemingly horrified realization that he may have helped the now-former president get elected in 2016. Davidson said that "there was an understanding" between the two men that their efforts to keep Daniels …

Trump lawyers scramble as trial witnesses blow up Michael Cohen strategy: expert
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump lawyers scramble as trial witnesses blow up Michael Cohen strategy: expert

Raw Story  

Former top Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann claimed Tuesday that the witnesses being called in the Donald Trump hush money trial are confirming every detail of Michael Cohen's story — with bombshell accuracy. Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Weissmann said testimony from David Pecker, the ex-publisher of the National Enquirer, was "so powerful I think we have to recalibrate the …

'Could get Donald Trump jail time': George Conway calls first criminal witness 'damning'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Could get Donald Trump jail time': George Conway calls first criminal witness 'damning'

Raw Story  

Defendant Donald Trump sat through another day of the prosecution's witness, National Enquirer head honcho David Pecker, continue to lay out how the supermarket tabloid served as an aggressive sentry to prevent Trump's alleged sultry secrets from seeing the light of day, and also as a political pitbull against political adversaries. Conservative lawyer George Conway went on CNN to say …

'More devastating than Michael Cohen': First Trump witness takes stand
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'More devastating than Michael Cohen': First Trump witness takes stand

Raw Story  

The former chairman of the National Enquirer’s parent company took the stand Monday as the first witness called in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, and he's expected to confirm Trump's motivation and intent when it came to his alleged attempt to buy the silence of an adult film star he's accused of sleeping with. “And given how …

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 2: Live Updates
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 2: Live Updates

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial has wrapped up its second week. Trump, the first former president to be tried on criminal charges, is facing 34 counts connected to his alleged attempts to hide $130,000 in hush money payments made in 2016 to conceal claims of an extramarital affair with adult film actor Stormy Daniels. Follow along …

Prosecutors to make history with opening statements in hush money case against Trump
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Prosecutors to make history with opening statements in hush money case against Trump

The Independent  

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'Oops': Ex-prosecutor flags flaw in Trump's 'latest defense' in criminal hush money case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Oops': Ex-prosecutor flags flaw in Trump's 'latest defense' in criminal hush money case

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's current defense to allegations in the criminal business records falsification case he's facing undermines his original arguments, a legal expert said on Sunday. Trump is set to begin his trial in the case, in which the former president has been charged with more than 30 felonies in connection with purported "hush money" payments made to adult film star …

'He has a tape recording': Fox News host defends Michael Cohen's claims against Trump
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'He has a tape recording': Fox News host defends Michael Cohen's claims against Trump

Raw Story  

Fox News host Eric Shawn argued that Michael Cohen's claim that Donald Trump made hush money payments to influence the 2016 election was more believable because he had a tape recording of the former president. During an interview on Sunday, former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky asserted that prosecutors in the case had an uphill battle because their star witnesses were …

Trump will be first US ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about hush money case
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump will be first US ex-president on criminal trial. Here's what to know about hush money case

New Indian Express  

Prosecutors say Trump's company reimbursed Cohen and paid him bonuses and extra payments, all of which were falsely logged in Trump Organization records as legal expenses. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg did not specify the other crime in Trump’s indictment but has since said that evidence shows his actions were meant to conceal state and federal campaign finance and tax …

The porn star, the president and a 'hush money' payment
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The porn star, the president and a 'hush money' payment

Raw Story  

Real estate tycoon and reality television star Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, an X-rated film actress, were both at a celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in July 2006. Daniels said one of Trump's bodyguards invited her to have dinner with "The Apprentice" star in his hotel room. In an interview for the documentary, Daniels said they had a "good …

Trump lawyers try to stop hush money trial until Supreme Court decides ‘immunity’ claim
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump lawyers try to stop hush money trial until Supreme Court decides ‘immunity’ claim

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’s attorneys want the judge overseeing his criminal case …

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