NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump, is now poised to serve as a star prosecution witness in the former US president's criminal trial on charges of covering up hush money paid to a porn star. Cohen's role at the first criminal trial ever of a US president, which began on...
Former attorney for former US President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, walks outside New York State Supreme Court after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, Oct 25, 2023.NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump, is now poised to serve as a star prosecution witness in the former US president's criminal trial on charges of covering up hush money paid to a porn star.
Cohen turned on Trump midway through his presidency, as federal investigators probed his role in the Daniels payment and other matters. "If speaking truth to power makes me Donald's archnemesis, so be it," Cohen told Reuters in a 2023 interview. He was hired after he had orchestrated the ouster of the board of directors of a condominium where he owned an apartment, which was trying to remove Trump's name from the building's exterior.
He later pleaded guilty to a federal campaign finance law violation for paying Daniels and then testified in Congress that Trump told him to make the payment. He said he was reimbursed in instalments and displayed a copy of a US$35,000 check from Trump's personal bank account.
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