Trump’s lawyer accuses Michael Cohen of lying at hush money trial
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s lawyer on Thursday accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former US President’s trial about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with Trump about a hush money payment to a porn star shortly before the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said the phone […]
Trump’s lawyers assail estranged fixer Michael Cohen’s credibility at hush money trial
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen sustained a withering assault from the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team on Tuesday, as Trump’s defence lawyers sought to undermine Cohen’s testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star’s silence. In sometimes aggressive questioning, Trump attorney Todd Blanche confronted […]
Ex-fixer Michael Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment to porn star
New York City, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors on Monday that the Republican presidential candidate personally approved a hush money payment to bury a porn star’s story of a sexual encounter before it could derail his 2016 campaign. “Just do it,” Cohen said Trump told him, instructing him to figure […]
Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order
New York, US Reuters The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal trial fined him $US1,000 and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time on Monday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former President in jail. Justice Juan Merchan said the nine $US1,000 fines he had imposed […]
Judge fines Trump $US9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
Reuters The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former US President $US9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a […]
On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election
New York, US Reuters New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defence lawyer said he committed no crime. […]
Dozens of potential jurors at Trump hush money trial dismissed for bias
New York, US Reuters The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dismissed dozens of potential jurors on Monday who said they could not impartially decide whether the former US President is guilty or innocent of criminal charges. On the first day of the historic criminal trial, the first to involve a former president, Justice […]