Michael Cohen will face a bruising cross-examination by Donald Trump’s lawyers at the hush money trial
‘What I was doing, I was doing at the direction of and benefit of Mr. Trump,’ Cohen testified.
‘What I was doing, I was doing at the direction of and benefit of Mr. Trump,’ Cohen testified.
Cohen gave jurors an insider account of his negotiations with David Pecker, the then-publisher of the National Enquirer, and the newspaper’s top editor about suppressing stories harmful to Trump.
The prosecution’s star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are already hearing Michael Cohen’s words as prosecutors work to directly tie Trump to payments to silence women with damaging claims about him before the 2016 election. The second week of testimony in the case will wrap up…
Prosecutors challenged the defense’s contention that Trump’s arrangement with the National Enquirer wasn’t unique.
Trump’s many legal problems collided this week.
‘I said that anything I hear in the marketplace, if I hear anything negative about yourself, or if I hear anything about women selling stories, I would notify Michael Cohen,’ so that the rights could be purchased and the stories could be killed.
Judge Juan Merchan did not immediately rule but repeatedly signaled his exasperation with the Trump team.
Prosecutors are also expected to tell a judge that Trump should be held in contempt over a series of posts on his Truth Social platform that they say violated an earlier gag order barring him from attacking witnesses in the case.