Michael Cohen testifies against former president

Michael Cohen testifies against former president

Michael Cohen, former attorney for Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse on March 13, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Michael Cohen, who spent years working as the personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, is set to testify Monday against the former president in what could be the most critical moment of Trump’s … Read more

Michael Cohen: A Challenging Star Witness In Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial

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 dealings at the heart of prosecutors’ case, … Read more

Trump Fans Ahead Of His Ex-Lawyer’s Court Testimony

Trump Fans Ahead Of His Ex-Lawyer’s Court Testimony

Donald Trump and his defense team have blasted Michael Cohen as a liar Wildwood: Empty fairground rides twisted and spun Saturday on the New Jersey shore as thousands of Donald Trump supporters filled a pristine beach for a rally ahead of potentially damaging testimony in his criminal trial next week. Several of them assailed Trump’s … Read more

Trump hush money judge urges prosecutors to rein in Michael Cohen

Trump hush money judge urges prosecutors to rein in Michael Cohen

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former U.S. president’s estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week. Todd Blanche, Trump’s defense lawyer in the case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, … Read more

Trump Is Warned About Jail Time For Further Gag Order Violations In Hush Money Trial

Trump Is Warned About Jail Time For Further Gag Order Violations In Hush Money Trial

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Michael Cohen’s Tweets Mocking Donald Trump Draw Laughs From Courtroom

Michael Cohen’s Tweets Mocking Donald Trump Draw Laughs From Courtroom

As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed voters. That’s why our journalism is free for everyone, even though other newsrooms retreat behind expensive paywalls. Our journalists will continue to cover the twists … Read more

Trump trial set to begin opening statements, first witness testimony

Trump trial set to begin opening statements, first witness testimony

Former U.S. President Donald Trump exits the courtroom for the day at Manhattan Criminal Court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 19, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Via Reuters This is developing news. Check back for updates. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the New York hush … Read more

Donald Trump Was Forced To Listen Silently As Potential Jurors Offered Their Unvarnished Assessments Of Him

Donald Trump Was Forced To Listen Silently As Potential Jurors Offered Their Unvarnished Assessments Of Him

NEW YORK (AP) — He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another. His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.” Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit inside a frigid New York … Read more

In a historic first, Trump’s criminal hush money trial kicks off in New York

In a historic first, Trump’s criminal hush money trial kicks off in New York

Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan court for a historic criminal trial stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star that could keep him in court for weeks and complicate his bid to win back the White House. Trump, 77, is the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial. He is required … Read more

Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order

Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order

In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen looks toward former U.S. President Donald Trump as he is questioned by a lawyer for the attorney general’s office, during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 24, 2023. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Donald … Read more