Michael Cohen offered the strongest evidence to date linking former President Donald Trump to the charges he is facing in New York.
, serving as either a blessing or a curse to prosecutors, depending on whether the jury finds their troubled star witness credible.
Michael Cohen testifies on the witness stand in Manhattan criminal court about the calculations that Alan Weisselberg made to determine how to pay back Cohen for the money he paid to Stormy Daniels, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. Cohen said he and Trump spoke daily, that Trump was a micromanager, and that the former president expected to be updated “immediately” on any new developments in Cohen’s day to day, giving prosecutors foundational testimony about how Trump must have had intimate knowledge about the Daniels payment.
Bragg is aiming to prove Trump knowingly buried the reimbursement as part of a conspiracy with Cohen to influence his campaign. The reimbursement appeared on the Trump Organization’s books as $420,000 in “legal expenses” paid over 12 months in 2017. In addition to the reimbursement for Cohen, evidence shows, the payment included a bonus, a payment for unrelated technology services, and money to cover taxes.
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