Cohen has testified that Trump directed him to pay actor Stormy Daniels to suppress her account of a sexual rendezvous
Michael Cohen leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after his second day of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Getty ImagesMichael Cohen faced a fierce cross-examination on Tuesday afternoon in the criminal trial of Donald Trump, as the defence tried to tear down the prosecution’s key witness.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement of Cohen. Trump , has denied the charges and says he did not have sex with Daniels. If convicted, he could face prison or probation.‘We’re police – it’s simply our job’: Ukraine’s ‘White Angels’ help people flee Russia’s advanceFormer US President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media.
Cohen responded calmly that those sounded like things he would have said, leaving the defence still hunting for a moment that would badly damage his credibility.The anticipation that Cohen would melt down seemed high. Late last year, when he testified at Trump’s civil fraud trial, he made legal objections from the witness stand, refused to answer questions and cited court cases in his defence.
All that, prosecutors probably hope, could reaffirm the idea that Cohen is simply acting out of virtue rather than a desire for revenge.A month in, the jury has heard about porn actors, pay-offs and campaign panics. But whenever jurors get the case, perhaps before the end of next week, they will also have a raft of documents to evaluate.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters at Collect Pond Park outside of former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, May 14, 2024. Johnson accused prosecutors of advancing a “sham” trial against “one president to provide cover for another.” It was a striking sight: House Speaker Mike Johnson second in line for the presidency, standing in front of a courthouse in Manhattan, calling a criminal prosecution a “sham”.
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