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Cohen gives insider details at trial as Trump's defense attorney accuses him of seeking vengeance
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump. The complicated break led to a 2018 guilty...
Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 endured intense questioning by...
The Latest | Defense expects cross-examination of Cohen to last through Thursday, transcript shows
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe returned to the witness stand and could face a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers. Michael Cohen 's testimony this week has linked Trump to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was...
Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — 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. ...
What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's pivotal testimony in the hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Once Donald Trump's loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen pointed the finger at his former boss Monday in pivotal testimony about hush money payments at the center of the first criminal trial of a former American president. Cohen provided jurors with an insider's...
The Latest | Michael Cohen takes the stand as testimony in Trump hush money case enters 4th week
NEW YORK (AP) — The fourth week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial could be a doozy: Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, has taken the stand. The long-anticipated testimony on Monday from Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer follows a...
Key players: Who's who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, who was once Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer, is expected to take the stand Monday as the prosecution's star witness in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his...
Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in the case
NEW YORK (AP) — The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. Here are the key moments in the case, as described in trial testimony and court documents: ...
Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury. Daniels' testimony about her time with Trump was by far the most...
Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — With Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness stand Monday, the judge in the former president’s hush money case issued prosecutors a stern warning: Get Cohen to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump. Judge Juan M. Merchan's...
