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The Latest | Michael Cohen takes the stand as testimony in Trump hush money case enters 4th week

May. 13, 2024 14:51 PM EDT

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...

'Make sure it doesn't get released;' Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case

May. 13, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign. ...

Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in the case

May. 13, 2024 09:02 AM EDT

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: ...

The Latest | Court in Trump's hush money trial adjourns for the day following Hope Hicks' testimony

May. 03, 2024 15:57 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, recounting in her morning testimony how she followed Trump from the real estate world to politics and how his 2016 presidential campaign was turned upside down following a leak of a video recording in which he...

The National Enquirer was the go-to American tabloid for many years. Donald Trump helped change that

Apr. 26, 2024 15:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends. Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump's hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America's...

The Latest | Hearing on claims of gag order violations in Trump's hush money trial rescheduled

Apr. 25, 2024 20:37 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The third day of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial concluded Thursday after Trump's lawyers got their first chance to question a witness on the stand. The trial resumed around the same time the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Washington over...

Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign's 'eyes and ears' during 2016 race

Apr. 23, 2024 21:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump 's “eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase the silence of a...