Tag Archives: Michael Cohen

Cohen Testifies: Trump Ordered Me To Cook The Books

The Messenger reports: “I was tasked by Mr. Trump to increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected,” Cohen alleged. “And my responsibility, along with Allen Weisselberg, predominantly, was the reverse-engineer the various asset classes — increase those assets to achieve the number that Mr. Trump asked us.” Asked which number, Cohen responded: “Whatever Mr. Trump …

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Cohen-Trump Courtroom Showdown Reset For Tuesday

CNN reports: Michael Cohen plans to testify Tuesday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump’s ex-attorney said, with the former president expected to attend. “It appears that I will be reunited with my old client @realDonaldTrump when I testify this Tuesday, October 24th at the @NewYorkStateAG civil fraud trial. See you there!” Cohen posted on the …

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Health Issue To Delay Cohen/Trump Court Showdown

NBC News reports: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen will not testify next week in the $250 million civil fraud case against the former president because of a health-related issue, two sources confirmed to NBC News on Friday. It was not immediately clear how long Cohen’s testimony would be delayed. “Unfortunately I need to attend to a pre-existing medical condition that …

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Trump To Appear In NYC Court For Cohen’s Testimony

The Messenger reports: The former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner plans to fly from Iowa after a Monday rally and head to New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, according to a source familiar with his travel plans. “He wants to be there. This is his personal business, his family business. So it cuts a little closer,” …

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Trump Drops His $500M Suit Against Michael Cohen

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump gave up on the $500 million lawsuit he filed against his estranged former lawyer Michael Cohen, just four days before the former president was due to answer questions under oath in the case. Trump’s notice of voluntary dismissal was filed Thursday night in federal court in Miami, without giving a reason. It comes at the …

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Cohen: Trump Inflated Worth To Increase Forbes Rank

The Hill reports: Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s attorney and fixer, said in a deposition shown Monday in a New York courtroom that he and former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg were tasked with inflating assets to “obtain the number that Mr. Trump wanted.” Cohen, in a deposition to prosecutors, gave an example in which the former president might want …

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Michael Cohen May Run For Jerry Nadler’s House Seat

Semafor reports: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s ex-attorney-turned-critic who has characterized his former boss as a “conman” and “racist,” is considering a run for Congress. Cohen said he would run as a Democrat, potentially mounting a primary challenge against U.S Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., the party’s top member on the House Judiciary Committee. “I am interested and there’s a multitude of …

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Cohen To Trump’s Co-Defendants: “Run” From Him

The Hill reports: Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s longtime fixer and now a key witness in the criminal case against him in Manhattan, warned the former president’s co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to “run” or “end up behind bars.” “Sadly, I’ve made this statement to many different people, starting with like Rudy ‘Collude-y’ Giuliani and so many others,” Cohen …

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NYT: Michael Cohen To Settle Suit Against Trump Org

The New York Times reports: Michael D. Cohen, the longtime fixer to Donald J. Trump, who was set to go to trial next week against his former boss’s company in a dispute over legal fees, is expected to settle his lawsuit with the Trump Organization, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. Cohen’s lawsuit, filed in 2019, …

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Trump Files $500 Million Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million, according to a filing in federal court in Florida on Wednesday. The lawsuit comes after Cohen, once Trump’s loyal “fixer,” testified before a Manhattan grand jury that later indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, marking the first …

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TODAY: Cohen To Testify In Trump Hush Money Probe

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is poised to testify Monday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments he arranged and made on the former president’s behalf. Cohen’s closed-door testimony is coming at a critical time as the Manhattan district attorney’s office closes in on a decision on whether to seek charges …

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Cohen To Testify As Likely Trump Indictment Looms

The New York Times reports: Michael D. Cohen, the former fixer who for years did Donald J. Trump’s dirty work, is expected to testify before a Manhattan grand jury next week, a sign that prosecutors are poised to indict the former president for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to people with knowledge of the …

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Cohen: NYC Trump/Stormy Case Is About To “Take Off”

Politico reports: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen expressed confidence Wednesday about the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into the former president’s hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. “I believe that there is a case,” Cohen told reporters outside Manhattan Supreme Court before meeting with prosecutors for District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The “seriousness of the prosecutorial team” was “evident by their in-depth …

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Cohen Meets With Prosecutors Investigating Trump

ABC News reports: Donald Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen arrived Wednesday at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to meet with prosecutors investigating the former president’s role in alleged hush payments to a porn actress before the 2016 election. This is Cohen’s 15th interview with the district attorney’s office but the first since a recently convened grand jury began …

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NYC Prosecutors Appear To Revive Trump/Stormy Probe

The New York Times reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Tuesday took a significant step forward in its investigation of Donald J. Trump, meeting with his former personal lawyer about hush money paid to a porn star who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The questioning of the lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, offered the clearest sign yet …

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Senate Panel To Probe Trump’s Interfering With DOJ

The Daily Beast reports: The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to conduct a congressional inquiry into claims made by a former top federal prosecutor that Donald Trump attempted to meddle with his office, using the Justice Department to protect himself and pursue his detractors. Geoffrey Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York until mid-2020, when he …

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Cohen: Trump Also Has Docs Stashed At Other Homes

The Insider reports: Michael Cohen, who was once former President Donald Trump’s lawyer, believes Trump likely has copies of the classified documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago stashed in other locations. Cohen was reacting on Twitter to an article on the DOJ’s recent court filing, which  suggested that Trump’s team may have concealed or moved top-secret files. Cohen has also …

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Manafort: Michael Cohen Spied On Trump Campaign

Vox reports: The Trump campaign was actually being spied on in 2016, claims former Trump campaign chair and convicted felon Paul Manafort in his forthcoming book. It just wasn’t by anyone who Trump has accused of doing so on Twitter. Instead, Manafort writes, it was former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who made himself administrator of the campaign server in an …

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Michael Cohen: Trump Told Me That If Any Of His Kids Have To Go To Jail, “Make Sure” It’s Junior [VIDEO]

The Insider reports: Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen claimed Trump said that if one of his kids had to go to prison over the family business to “make sure” it was Donald Jr., not Ivanka. Speaking to MSNBC on Saturday, Cohen said Trump gave him the instruction when his children were on the verge of being indicted …

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Michael Cohen: I’m Going To Sue Trump And Bill Barr

Raw Story reports: When Cohen was put in prison, COVID-19 was raging through the country and, namely through prisons. As a result, many correctional facilities put non-violent offenders on house arrest, including Cohen. To let him out, however, Cohen was told he’d have to sign a statement promising he wouldn’t publish his book until he had served his entire prison …

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