• 'Take the stand': Michael Cohen trolls Trump after his courthouse fulmination

    Michael Cohen trolled Donald Trump Monday after he was badmouthed by the former president outside the New York City courtroom where Trump faces an ongoing hush money trial."Your attacks of me stink of desperation," Cohen told Trump, using his lewd nickname for the former president. "We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense."Trump has pleaded not guilty 34 felony counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg contends...

  • Trump demands jury be told not to link Michael Cohen's guilty plea to him

    Donald Trump's attorneys want his jury to get a disclaimer when they hear Michael Cohen's upcoming testimony in the election interference case involving an alleged hush money scheme. Lawfare managing editor Tyler McBrien revealed a filing from Trump's team that involves his former lawyer's 2018 guilty plea and imprisonment for campaign finance violations and other charges. Cohen had said he'd made hush money payments to adult movie star Stormy Daniels at Trump's direction to avoid her damaging...

  • 'Comical': Michael Cohen says he can't recall Trump attending any of his kids' graduations

    Former President Donald Trump has attacked Judge Juan Merchan, the jurist presiding over his criminal hush money case in Manhattan, with one particular line: that he didn't immediately grant the former president time off to attend his fifth child Barron's high school graduation.Trump's one-time attorney Michael Cohen discussed Trump's complaint on the "Political Beatdown" podcast with Ben Meiselas on Tuesday during a heated conversation about the former president. "I wasn't aware that he went to...

  • Dublin fireman's lawyer will 'do everything' to clear his name after rape charge

    "I can tell you right now, he is going to fight and clear his name and do everything that he can to address these charges and maintain his innocence"

  • Trump attacks Michael Cohen days before hush money trial is set to begin

    Two days before the start of Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, the former president attacked his former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the case. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, "Has disgraced attorney and felon Michael Cohen been prosecuted for LYING? Only TRUMP people get prosecuted by this Judge and these thugs! A dark day for our Country." Cohen's allegations that Trump directed him to facilitate hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy...

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    Michael Cohen: There will be ‘a few surprises’ in Trump’s hush-money trial on Monday

    Donald Trump's first criminal trial will start on Monday. His former personal attorney and one of the potential star witnesses in the case, Michael Cohen joins The Weekend for an exclusive conversation -- his only interview before history is made.

  • 'He has a tape recording': Fox News host defends Michael Cohen's claims against Trump

    Fox News host Eric Shawn argued that Michael Cohen's claim that Donald Trump made hush money payments to influence the 2016 election was more believable because he had a tape recording of the former president. During an interview on Sunday, former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky asserted that prosecutors in the case had an uphill battle because their star witnesses were former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is accused of falsifying business records...

  • Ex-judge puts Trump on notice that he violated gag order by attacking Michael Cohen

    Donald Trump recently violated his criminal gag order when he attacked Michael Cohen on social media, according to a former prosecutor and judge.Carol Lam, a former U.S. attorney who also served as a judge in California, on Sunday appeared on MSNBC, where she was asked about the witnesses in Trump's upcoming hush money trial.One of those witnesses is Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and "fixer" who is now testifying against the former president.ALSO READ: Revealed: What government...

  • 'I look horrible': Michael Cohen says trial stress has him at solitary confinement weight

    Michael Cohen says he has dropped more than 20 pounds coping with the stress of former President Donald Trump's looming hush money trial, returning him to the weight he was when he left solitary confinement. "I can tell you from a physical and a health standpoint, since this all started, I’m down 22 pounds," Cohen told Politico Friday. "I look horrible."Cohen's interview comes just three days before the hush money trial — in which Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to silence...

  • 'Sticking his thumb in the judge's face': Michael Cohen says $1k gag order fines are joke

    Fining Donald Trump $1,000 per gag order violation is a joke, key trial witness Michael Cohen and former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner agreed on Cohen's "Mea Culpa" podcast, which aired Friday.Prosecutors have proposed the punishment if a judge finds Trump broke the order with social media posts aimed at witnesses — including Cohen.Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled a Tuesday hearing after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accused Trump of contempt for what he said were multiple...

  • Expert reveals how hush money prosecutors can get past Michael Cohen's 'perjury baggage'

    A star witnesses expected to testify in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial has a shaky record in court, but one expert believes there's a way to turn his liabilities into assets. Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe appeared on CNN's "The Situation Room" Monday evening to discuss upcoming testimony of Michael Cohen, Trump's trusted personal attorney and fixer, who was sentenced to three-years in prison for tax evasion, lying to banks and Congress, and violating campaign...

  • Trump was 'frugal' and a 'penny pincher' who paid Michael Cohen DOUBLE to cover up his 'affairs' prosecution tells court

    Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial made an interesting case, saying the billionaire is actually a 'penny pincher' who paid Michael Cohen double to cover up his 'affairs.'