A key Trump ally testifies before a grand jury and attempts to discredit earlier testimony from Michael Cohen in a hush money probe that could lead to the first ever indictment of a former president.
, speaking to reporters after more than two hours of testimony, said he told the truth about the Manhattan district attorney's star witness — that he can't be trusted.
. Daniels claimed she had an affair with Trump, an allegation that Trump has denied. Cohen paid her $130,000 to keep quiet in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election.to a federal campaign violation in relation to the payment, which he says he made at the request of Trump, who had him paid back.
Costello added that he'd handed over more than 300 emails involving his discussions with Cohen, as well as notes from his discussions with federal prosecutors who ultimately decided not to charge Trump in the case. Cohen added that prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office had summoned him to the Lower Manhattan courthouse to rebut Costello's testimony, but then told him he wasn't needed.
"Costello told Cohen the conversation was 'Very Very Positive[.] You are 'loved' ... they are in our corner .... Sleep well tonight[], you have friends in high places,'" the email said, according to the Mueller report. The organization's sergeant at arms, Troy Olson, mocked the possible charge against Trump: felony falsification of business records."After six, seven years of a weaponized system, all the cultural media institutions of American life against one man, this is the best that they can come up with?” Olson said."He’s going to be leading by more in the polls after this.”
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