The entire hush-money trial is likely to succeed or fail on whether jurors believe Michael Cohen’s testimony
Michael Cohen to take stand again for cross-examination in Trump trial
Michael Cohen, testifying on Monday, talked about how controlling media narratives about Donald Trump was among his key duties: he described helping catch and kill negative press that could have tanked his then boss’s chances in the 2016 election.
This came to include fronting $130,000 of his own money to pay off the adult film actor Stormy Daniels – who, weeks before election day, had been trying to peddle a story that she and Trump had a sexual encounter in 2006. This came just shortly after a Washington Post story of a hot mic recording in which Trump boasted that he could grab women “by the pussy” without consent.
I thought you had this under control. I thought you took care of this.
A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so far
The key takeaways from Daniels’ testimony last week.
The jurors: who is on the Trump trial jury?
From Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels: the key players
Continue reading…The entire hush-money trial is likely to succeed or fail on whether jurors believe Michael Cohen’s testimonyMichael Cohen to take stand again for cross-examination in Trump trialMichael Cohen, testifying on Monday, talked about how controlling media narratives about Donald Trump was among his key duties: he described helping catch and kill negative press that could have tanked his then boss’s chances in the 2016 election.This came to include fronting $130,000 of his own money to pay off the adult film actor Stormy Daniels – who, weeks before election day, had been trying to peddle a story that she and Trump had a sexual encounter in 2006. This came just shortly after a Washington Post story of a hot mic recording in which Trump boasted that he could grab women “by the pussy” without consent.I thought you had this under control. I thought you took care of this.A guide to Trump’s hush-money trial – so farThe key takeaways from Daniels’ testimony last week.The jurors: who is on the Trump trial jury?From Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels: the key players Continue reading…