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Trump lawyers begin their dissection of Michael Cohen’s credibility
By
Kaelan Deese
May 15, 2024 7:00 am
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Donald Trump‘s lawyers began their process to undercut the former president’s onetime attorney Michael Cohen at the New York hush money trial on Tuesday, slicing deep into his credibility in a meticulous process.

The fiery cross-examination on day 17 of the trial got underway after Cohen had been questioned in the morning by prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. It began with a venomous interrogation by Trump attorney Todd Blanche, who at one point was accused by Judge Juan Merchan of making the line of questioning about himself.

Cohen is a key figure in the trial because he paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in the final weeks of the 2016 election campaign. The money was intended to prevent her from going public with her alleged sexual encounter with Trump at a celebrity golf event at Lake Tahoe in 2006.

At issue is whether Trump’s reimbursements amounted to a legitimate payment for legal services, as Trump argues, or whether they were misclassified, as prosecutors alleged.

Trump has pleaded not guilty and denies the sexual encounter alleged by Daniels.

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