Several lawyers and political advisers for Donald Trump tell Rolling Stone that they want him to keep his mouth shut during his upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan, and say they’ve made gentle internal pushes to try to persuade him to heed their pleas. It remains an open question, of course, …
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Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is here — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen. The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s …
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Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, accidentally gave his lawyer phony legal citations — which were then used in a motion given to a federal judge — conjured by Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Google Bard. Per The New York Times, Cohen pulled the citations when trying to aid …
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Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified against Donald Trump today in New York’s civil fraud lawsuit against the former president. The courtroom encounter marked the first time Trump and his infamous former fixer have been in the same room in over five years. The trial will determine how much Trump …
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In the weeks leading up to the start of his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump and his attorneys privately discussed how they believed defeat in this trial was preordained. Their best chance — and it wasn’t much, according to two sources familiar with the matter …
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Ex-Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen settled a lawsuit Friday over legal bills he claims are owed to him by the former president. The details of the settlement have not been made public. Cohen sued Trump’s flagship company, The Trump Organization, in 2019, alleging his former employer wrongfully ceased paying for …
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It’s been a rough day for Donald Trump’s legal team. On Wednesday, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein slapped down a bid by the former president to have charges related to his 2016 hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels moved from state to federal court. In his decision, Hellerstein wrote …
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Donald Trump’s legal team and Manhattan state prosecutors squared off in a New York City courtroom Tuesday over the ex-president’s push to move his hush money criminal case into federal court. It didn’t go well for Trump. Both sides effectively wrangled over whether Trump’s alleged handling of an October 2016 …
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Donald Trump is suing his former attorney Michael Cohen in retaliation for his role in the criminal case against the former president. Trump is accusing Cohen of violating attorney-client privilege and seeking $500 million in damages for “breaches of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, conversion, and breaches of contract,” in a …
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Donald Trump‘s former fixer and personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has provided documentation to the Manhattan district attorney’s office about not only the Stormy Daniels hush money payment but also regarding a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, Cohen’s attorney said. “Michael Cohen submitted a lot of documentation, not only …
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