Donald Trump's lawyer accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former U.S. 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. Cohen said the phone call about a $130,000 hush money payment to a porn star. Cohen's testimony has been corroborated by other evidence, including handwritten notes.Cohen is set to return to the witness stand next week.
As Michael Cohen prepares to testify in Donald Trump's hush money case, Judge Juan M. Merchan instructs prosecutors to stop Cohen's taunting posts aimed at Trump. The trial's dramatic third week draws to a close, with the prosecution building its case around Cohen's involvement in the $130,000 payout to Stormy Daniels. Defense attorneys argue Cohen's past disbarment and prison time undermine his credibility. Stay tuned for updates on this high-profile trial.
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer of erstwhile United States president Donald Trump, will display and auction a non-fungible token of the first page of his memoir.
"For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the 'walk.'" Trump said on Twitter, referring to his decision to walk away from what he previously said was a bad deal with Kim.
Michael Cohen, who implicated the president in federal crimes and said Trump would do anything to win, said he offered his bombshell alarm as someone who knows the president well.
US District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan sentenced Cohen to three years for the payments, which violated campaign finance law, and to two months for the false statements to Congress.
Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen stated in the court during his guilty plea that the President was involved in campaign finance violations.
Under a plea bargain reached with federal prosecutors, Cohen, 51, could get about four to five years in prison at sentencing on December 12.
The Times, in its report first published yesterday, said investigators were also trying to determine whether Cohen violated campaign finance or other laws.
While global experts say oil will likely touch USD 60/barrel in 2016 and silver demand will continue to rise on account of its industrial purposes, back home in India, industry experts believe the country may have to import sugar in the time to come. Here's a wrap of the week's developments in the commodities space.