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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: corbe on February 27, 2024, 03:17:35 pm
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Trump seeks to block Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen from testifying at NY hush money trial
BY ZACH SCHONFELD AND ELLA LEE - 02/26/24 4:38 PM ET
Former President Trump’s lawyers in his hush-money case on Monday demanded a New York judge block key witnesses from testifying in Trump’s first criminal trial set to begin next month.
Trump attorney Todd Blanche moved to block testimony from Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-fixer, and two women he paid to stay quiet about affairs they alleged with Trump: Porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Trump’s reimbursements to Cohen are the thrust of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) prosecution of Trump, who denies the affairs and pleaded not guilty to his 34 charges of falsifying business records.
The 47-page motion attacks the witnesses’ credibility at length, casting Cohen as a “liar” and suggesting Daniels would offer “false” and “salacious” testimony.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/4490109-trump-block-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-ny-hush-money-trial/ (https://thehill.com/homenews/4490109-trump-block-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-ny-hush-money-trial/)