Judge admonished lawyer closer to Donald Trump’s associates after he muttered under his breath while on the witness standSign up for our free Trump on Trial newsletterYesterday’s testimony from Robert Costello was in direct conflict with Michael Cohen’s recollection of the extent of Donald Trump’s involvement and knowledge in the hush-money scheme, including that he had told Trump he was going ahead with paying hush-money to Stormy Daniels on a call in October 2016.Costello, who almost came to represent Cohen after he was charged by federal prosecutors with tax evasion in 2018, testified that he advised Cohen to cooperate with federal prosecutors in that case and offer any information he had on Trump.Michael Cohen said numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own, and he repeated that numerous times. Continue reading…
Judge admonished lawyer closer to Donald Trump’s associates after he muttered under his breath while on the witness stand
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Yesterday’s testimony from Robert Costello was in direct conflict with Michael Cohen’s recollection of the extent of Donald Trump’s involvement and knowledge in the hush-money scheme, including that he had told Trump he was going ahead with paying hush-money to Stormy Daniels on a call in October 2016.
Costello, who almost came to represent Cohen after he was charged by federal prosecutors with tax evasion in 2018, testified that he advised Cohen to cooperate with federal prosecutors in that case and offer any information he had on Trump.
Michael Cohen said numerous times that President Trump knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own, and he repeated that numerous times.