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Michael Cohen to face bruising cross-examination by Trump's lawyers
NEW YORK (AP) — 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...
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...
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...
Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — He once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump. Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors' biggest piece of legal ammunition in the former president's hush money trial. But if Trump's fixer-turned-foe is poised to offer jurors this week an insider's view of the...
Louisiana jury convicts 1 ex-officer and acquits another in 2022 shooting death
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana jury has convicted one former law enforcement officer and acquitted another in the 2022 shooting death of a man who was sitting in an SUV outside a house reputed for illegal drug activity. Issac Hughes, who was convicted Friday, and Johnathan Louis,...
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...
Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records
NEW YORK (AP) — 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. ...
In a revived case, a former congressman is charged with lying about an illegal campaign contribution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire's illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an appellate court. A federal jury convicted the Nebraska Republican in...
