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Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. The prosecutors’ star witness in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump is returning to the witness stand as defense lawyers try to chip away at Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

Donald Trump’s lawyers have sought to portray the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars.
 
Former President Donald Trump talks to the press with his attorney, Todd Blanche, right, outside the courtroom of his trial in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)

Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday’s Trump hush money trial takeaways

 
Defense attorney Todd Blanche cross examines Michael Cohen in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. Cohen returned to the witness stand Tuesday, testifying in detail how former president was linked to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Cohen gives insider details at trial as Trump’s defense attorney accuses him of seeking vengeance

 
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media upon arriving at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen’s pivotal testimony in the hush money trial

 
Former President Donald Trump and attorney Susan Necheles attend his trial at the Manhattan Criminal court, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in the case

 

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Assistant district attorney Susan Hoffinger, center, questions witness Michael Cohen, far right, as Donald Trump, far left, looks on in Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Star witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme

The star prosecution witness at Donald Trump’s hush money trial says Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign.
 
FILE - People lay hands in prayer on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, as attorney Michael Cohen looks on during a visit to the Pastors Leadership Conference at New Spirit Revival Center, Sept. 21, 2016, in Cleveland. Cohen is prosecutors’ most central witness in former President Trump's hush money trial. But Trump’s fixer-turned-foe is also as challenging a star witness as they come. The now-disbarred lawyer has a tortured history with Trump. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

Michael Cohen is the most central witness for prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
 
Former President Donald Trump, with attorney Todd Blanche, right, arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial has warned prosecutors to get their star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump.
 
Judge Juan Merchan presides over proceedings as Stormy Daniels, far right, answers questions on direct examination by assistant district attorney Susan Hoffinger in Manhattan criminal court as former President Donald Trump and defense attorney Todd Blanche look on, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial

Porn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election a decade later.
 
Former President Donald Trump attends his trial at the Manhattan Criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 and warned of jail time for future gag order violations.
 
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Friday, May 3, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP)

Hulk Hogan, hurricanes and a blockbuster recording: A week in review of the Trump hush money trial

Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
 
Former President Donald Trump sits inside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2 2024. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call on plan to buy affair story

Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump have heard a recording of him discussing with his then-lawyer and personal fixer a plan to purchase the silence of a Playboy model who has said she had an affair with the former president.
 
Former President Donald Trump leaves the courtroom following the day's proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)

Takeaways from the start of week 2 of testimony in Trump’s hush money trial

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are working on filling in the details of how they say the Republican pulled off a scheme to bury damaging stories to protect his 2016 campaign.
 
Former President Donald Trump attends jury selection at Manhattan criminal court in New York, April 15, 2024. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Who’s who at Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial? Meet the key players

Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand as the prosecution’s star witness in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
 
Former President Donald Trump holds up news clippings as he speaks following his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP)

12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Selection of alternates is ongoing

A jury of 12 people has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Alternates are now being selected.
 
FILE - Adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives at the adult entertainment fair "Venus" in Berlin, on Oct. 11, 2018. Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump to curtail "inflammatory” speech, the former president tested its limits, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, by disparaging Daniels and Michael Cohen, two key witnesses in his upcoming criminal hush money trial as liars.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

How a hush money scandal tied to a porn star led to Trump’s first criminal trial

On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, a story came out that Donald Trump feared would cost him votes.
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump arrives for a press conference at 40 Wall Street after a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan criminal court, March 25, 2024, in New York. Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Trump meant to curtail “inflammatory” speech ahead of his upcoming criminal hush money trial, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in the case as liars. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)

Trump tests limits of gag order with post insulting 2 likely witnesses in criminal trial

Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump meant to curtail “inflammatory” speech ahead of his upcoming criminal hush money trial, the former president tested its limits by disparaging two key witnesses in the case as liars.
 
Former President Donald Trump speaks after hearing at New York Criminal Court, Monday, March 25, 2024, in New York. New York Judge Juan M. Merchan has scheduled an April 15 trial date in Trump's hush money case. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

A judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases.
 
FILE - Michael Cohen leaves a lower Manhattan building after meeting with prosecutors, March 10, 2023, in New York. A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump's claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early

A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump’s claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar.
 
Former President Donald Trump leaves Manhattan criminal court, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

‘Access Hollywood’ tape won’t be played at Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, judge rules

The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president’s hush-money criminal trial.
 
FILE - This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, far left, pleading not guilty as the Clerk of the Court reads the charges and asks him "How do you plea?" Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in a Manhattan courtroom in New York, as his attorney Joseph Tacopina, center, watches. Trump is expected in court Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, for an important hearing in his New York hush-money criminal case, which now appears increasingly likely to go to trial next month. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is expected to rule on key pretrial issues and say for certain if the former president's trial will begin as scheduled on March 25. (Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)

What’s at stake in Trump’s hush-money criminal case?

Donald Trump is expected in court for an important hearing in his New York hush-money criminal case, which now appears increasingly likely to go to trial next month.
 
FILE - Michael Cohen leaves a lower Manhattan building after meeting with prosecutors, Friday, March 10, 2023, in New York. Cohen can’t hold his former boss, ex-president Donald Trump, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Michael Cohen can’t hold Donald Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment, appeals court says

An appeals court says Michael Cohen can’t hold ex-president Donald Trump, his former boss, liable because he was jailed for what he claimed was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.
 
FILE - Michael Cohen leaves for a break during the civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a New York judge. Cohen made the admission in a court filing unsealed Friday, Dec. 29, in Manhattan federal court as a judge decides whether to punish one of Cohen's lawyers, who cited the fake cases in a submission to the judge. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney

Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge in New York.
 

Judge questions whether legal cases cited by Michael Cohen’s lawyer actually exist

A federal judge is questioning whether a lawyer for former Donald Trump fixer Michael Cohen cited court rulings that do not exist in a recent legal filing.
 
Former President Donald Trump waits for the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Judge in Trump’s NY civil fraud case stands by $10,000 fine despite fresh objections from lawyers

A New York judge has reaffirmed a $10,000 fine he imposed on Donald Trump over an out-of-court comment that the former president made during his civil business fraud trial.
 
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The judge in Trump's civil fraud trial has fined the former president $10,000. The judge says Trump violated a limited gag order barring personal attacks on court staffers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump is fined $10,000 over a comment he made outside court in his New York civil fraud trial

The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has fined the former president $10,000. The judge says Trump violated a limited gag order barring personal attacks on court staffers.
 
In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen testifies on the witness stand as Judge Arthur Engoron looks on from the bench in New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

In court faceoff, Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in fraud trial. Trump shrugs: ‘Proven liar’

Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen faced off with him at the former president’s civil fraud trial.
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Donald Trump is going back to court. Here’s what he’s missed since his last visit to NYC fraud trial

Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait.
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in his civil business fraud trial, Oct. 4, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Executive at Donald Trump’s company says ‘presidential premium’ was floated to boost bottom line

Donald Trump’s top corporate deputies considered adding a “presidential premium” when calculating the value of his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years.
 
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the courtroom during a lunch break in his civil business fraud trial, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Donald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify

Donald Trump will be back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial. That’s according to a person familiar with the former president’s plans who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity before an official announcement.
 
FILE - Michael Cohen leaves state offices after meeting with Manhattan prosecutors, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in New York. Former President Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and a Trump spokesperson said late Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. But Trump did not waive his right to sue again. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Trump ‘temporarily’ drops lawsuit against former lawyer-turned-witness Michael Cohen

Former President Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him.
 
Former President Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives at New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Donald Trump appeals judge’s decision to keep hush-money case in New York state court

Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to keep his hush-money criminal case in a New York state court that the former president claims is “very unfair” to him.
 
Former President Donald Trump visits Café du Monde in New Orleans, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here’s what to know

New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the 2020 election.
 
FILE - Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen speaks to reporters after a second day of testimony before a grand jury investigating hush money payments he arranged and made on the former president's behalf on March 15, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump’s company and Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides told the judge they had reached a settlement during a court hearing Friday, July 21, in Manhattan, just as Cohen’s 2019 lawsuit was slated to go to trial Monday in a Manhattan state court. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The Trump Organization and former fixer Michael Cohen settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills

Donald Trump’s company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president.
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump is escorted to a courtroom, April 4, 2023, in New York. A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court. He ruled that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court.
 
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