Trump's former lawyer and fixer said his goal was for the former president 'to be held accountable for his dirty deeds.”
A Trump loyalist turned adversary, Cohen spent around three hours answering questions in the secret proceeding. He is scheduled to return again for more testimony Wednesday, his lawyer said as the pair emerged from the courthouse.“Michael has spent a long and productive afternoon answering all questions, all facts, and completely responsive,” said Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis.
Trump denies being involved with either of the women, the porn actor Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal. One possible charge would be falsifying business records, a misdemeanor unless prosecutors could prove it was done to conceal another crime. No former U.S. president has ever been charged with a crime.Appearing Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Trump lawyer Joseph Tacopina said it is unlikely the former president will accept an invitation, extended by prosecutors last week, to testify before the grand jury.
Speaking briefly to reporters in Moline, Illinois, Trump called the investigation “a big witch hunt.” Asked if he planned on testifying, he said: “I don’t know. Nobody’s even asked me.”Tacopina also wrote a letter to New York City’s inspector general, saying prosecutors were trying to hamper Trump’s chances inThe Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment.
Cohen has been meeting regularly with Manhattan prosecutors in recent weeks, including a daylong session Friday to prepare for his grand jury appearance.The panel has been hearing evidence since January in what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, has called the “next chapter” of his office’s yearslong Trump investigation. But the hush money payments — perhaps the most salacious of the avenues of inquiry into Trump — are familiar ground.
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