Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Week 5: Live Updates | HuffPost Latest News

The jury overseeing Donald Trump s criminal trial will hear more testimony in New York this week as it mulls the former presidents fate.

Trump faces 34 felony counts related to an alleged plot to cover up an accusation of an affair he had with porn actor Stormy Daniels about 10 years before he ran for president. The case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, accuses Trump and his team of a catch and kill scheme hatched alongside the National Enquirer to pay for and bury negative coverage about the Daniels affair and others.

The case centers on a $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels, who testified last week and then mocked Trump on social media over his failure as of yet to take the stand in his own defense.

Trump lawyer Michael Cohen who was previously imprisoned over his role in the hush money plot took the stand on Monday.

Judge Juan Merchan is on the bench presiding over the trial. Trumps legal team includes Emil Bove, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles. The prosecution includes Susan Hoffinger, Joshua Steinglass, Christopher Conroy and Matthew Colangelo.

Read live updates from the trial below:

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Following the event, Trump will visit Minnesota to campaign in the state, where he lost both in 2016 and 2020.

The Associated Press' Steve Karnowski has the details.","source":"

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\"To see the members of the House do that is a grave threat,\" he added.

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\"I dont think anything could animate the phrase Do-Nothing Congress more than missing votes and canceling hearings to go up and be a spectator at your cult leaders trial,\" he said.

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Unlike in previous days, however, Trump didnt seem to have printouts of the actual articles only the headlines.

One particular headline seemed to catch Trump off-guard.

Ashton Kutchers going to pop up to tell us weve been punked! he read. Then looking up confused, he said, I think I know what that means.

Trump also asserted that many people who are registered Democrats have changed their voter registrations as a result of the trial.

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The defense continued its cross-examination of Michael Cohen, attempting to cast doubt on his memory of events and calls from eight years ago. Cohen, who once estimated making 100 calls a day, said he specifically remembers the hush money payment conversations because they were extremely important and all consuming.
Blanche zeroed in on an Oct. 2016 call Cohen made to Trumps bodyguard. Cohen maintains the call, which only lasted a minute and a half, served to inform Trump of the Stormy Daniels deal. But Blanche angrily disputed that, noting the short duration of the call, and that Cohen previously said hed been getting harassing phone calls that night and wanted to flag the situation with Trump and his security. Cohen pushed back, saying he made such calls all the time.
Someone released around 100 metallic, pink penis balloons outside the courthouse this morning, dramatically stopping a U-Haul in the middle of the street and shoveling them en masse out the back. Each balloon featured a photo of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan or Special Counsel Jack Smith taped to both sides, suggesting it was a pro-Trump (albeit bizarre) stunt.
Just before court broke for the day, Blanche seemed to be gearing up an attack on the characterization of the payments themselves as hush money, noting the agreement with Daniels was a completely legal, binding contract.
Court is off tomorrow so Trump can attend his son Barron's high school graduation. We'll be back Monday.

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Make no mistake, this was a completely legal, binding contract, Blanche said, seemingly for the benefit of the jury. Cohen agreed with the statement.

The charges against Trump are related to fraudulent business records in other words, its about the coverup.","source":"","title":"Blanche: Hush Money Was Completely Legal","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T19:40:47.883Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T19:40:47.883Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 16, 2024, 3:40 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66466132220000320026dc59","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"664658f4e4b0cba40889184f","caption":"Blanche took aim at another phone call Cohen testified about previously, this time from June 2016. He suggested that Cohen must have made tens of thousands of phone calls since that time, and asked why he would remember the conversation specifically.

These phone calls are things that Ive been talking about for the last six years. They were extremely important and all-consuming, Cohen testified, adding that he didnt remember the exact times they occurred. He said that he put together what conversations he was having at the time based on other documentation that he consulted.

Ive been telling the same story about it for six years, Cohen said.

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I would use Ms. Haberman if the story was something that I believed the New York Times would run, Cohen said.

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This number has just been sent to Secret Service, Cohen said, reading the message he sent in October 2016. He received a series of replies: My friend told me to call, Im sorry for this and I wont do it again.

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Someone just pulled up to the Donald Trump hush money trial outside Manhattan Criminal Court in a UHaul and released dozens of pink balloons in the shape of male genitalia with the faces of DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, and Special Counsel Jack Smith on them. pic.twitter.com/cnXrxEYLXU
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Someone just pulled up to the Donald Trump hush money trial outside Manhattan Criminal Court in a UHaul and released dozens of pink balloons in the shape of male genitalia with the faces of DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, and Special Counsel Jack Smith on them. pic.twitter.com/cnXrxEYLXU
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Blanche had gotten Cohen to affirm, after refreshing his memory, that he was dealing with some harassing phone calls and wanted to flag the situation with Trump and his security. (The harasser allegedly claimed to be 14 years old.)

Blanche suggested that the short length of Cohens call to bodyguard Schiller only about 1 minute and 30 seconds was not enough time to inform Trump about the harassment and discuss the Stormy Daniels situation. But Cohen pushed back, saying he made such calls all the time.

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On a livestream relayed by the Associated Press, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) introduced members of the House Freedom Caucus one by one, and they echoed the same lines Trump often repeats after court every day.

A protester who appeared to be standing behind the designated barrier interrupted the grandstanding, holding up a sign that read BOOTLICKERS on one side and GTFO NYC MAGA on the other. Security ushered the man away, ignoring his arguments about being on the correct side of the fence.

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Many of the Republicans ventured into territory that could violate Trumps gag order, attacking both family members of the court and witnesses in the trial. Gaetz seemed to acknowledge that in his remarks.

There are things we can say that president Trump is unjustly not allowed to say, he said. This is a corrupt judge. These are corrupted witnesses. This is a corrupt prosecution that belies any sense of the facts or the law.

In addition to barring him from attacking witnesses, Trumps order prohibits him from causing others to make them on his behalf.","source":"","title":"Freedom Caucus Members Heckled By Protesters Outside NYC Courthouse","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e73","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e72","fullName":"Ryan Grenoble","bio":{"text":"Ryan is a national reporter at HuffPost -- one of few who have the good fortune to work from the site's Denver office.","microText":"National Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"@g_nobes"},"urlName":{"text":"ryan-grenoble","transliterated":"ryan-grenoble"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5dd86429210000aa7e34dd10","ops":"","ext":"jpeg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7a11bc72-a5d9-3674-ac29-922ace8e49f7","alias":"hp-us-ryan-grenoble","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"9c9a1d5d-c977-33a3-be34-67398ee831c0","br":"ad857a2f-5bc2-3cb3-9b62-b8ac389b52d0","ca":"abe1372b-8b5a-36eb-a924-bb663c963498","es":"e5586339-4ae5-3243-99bb-8a09ca426ad9","fr":"5fcc5a37-1fc5-3cf7-b126-f2e7f896e73f","in":"aeb8d49b-421d-3bd9-8f26-48ff1526b417","it":"107e2037-b9f7-3b41-ab7c-27990e727629","jp":"f11d3746-7205-354e-b22e-94f521218555","kr":"cf38c56e-8849-309b-927a-73097dc93184","qc":"6855aedf-1ad1-31b3-8ce1-94e440265713","uk":"f4d08e3f-808c-3f4c-9f28-48906d3f9964"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T16:32:59.678Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T16:36:38.855Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 16, 2024, 12:32 PM EDT"},"flags":["includeImage"],"social":{"image":{"name":"664634092200001d0026dc44","ops":"crop_316_19_299_252","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"664634092200001d0026dc44.png","type":"hectorUrl"},"caption":"Most of Trump’s Republican entourage didn’t return to the courthouse after the morning break, instead decamping to the television cameras outside.

On a livestream relayed by the Associated Press, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) introduced members of the House Freedom Caucus one by one, and they echoed the same lines Trump often repeats after court every day.

A protester who appeared to be standing behind the designated barrier interrupted the grandstanding, holding up a sign that read “BOOTLICKERS” on one side and “GTFO NYC MAGA” on the other. Security ushered the man away, ignoring his arguments about being on the correct side of the fence.

The Trump allies then continued their news conference, raising their voices at times as shouting from afar drowned them out.

Many of the Republicans ventured into territory that could violate Trump’s gag order, attacking both family members of the court and witnesses in the trial. Gaetz seemed to acknowledge that in his remarks.

“There are things we can say that president Trump is unjustly not allowed to say,” he said. “This is a corrupt judge. These are corrupted witnesses. This is a corrupt prosecution that belies any sense of the facts or the law.”

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No, sir, Cohen said. He repeated this answer when Blanche rephrased the question a couple of times. Cohen has said he wanted to be asked to be Trumps chief of staff to appease his ego but that he never really wanted a big job in Washington.

You told your daughter you were disappointed? Blanche asked.

That I wasnt considered? Yes, sir, Cohen said.

A couple of minutes later, facing more questions about his conversations with his daughter, Cohen told Blanche: I dont think youre characterizing this correctly at all.

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You were not embarrassed that after all the work youd done for him, you were left being his personal attorney and nothing more?\"

Thats the role that I wanted, Cohen testified.","source":"","title":"Blanche Homes In On The Idea Cohen Had Political Aspirations Despite Repeated Pushback","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. 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Jurors informed the court that they cannot meet next Wednesday, Merchan said.","source":"","title":"A Brief Morning Break","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T15:45:06.48Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-16T15:50:49.669Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 16, 2024, 11:45 AM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6646260ae4b0cba40888f5c6","caption":"Cohen affirmed that, at one point, he was open to accepting a presidential pardon from Trump if it were directly offered to him. He said he asked his lawyers to see if it was an option that was being discussed, as he felt it was being dangled in front of him by the Trump White House.I wanted this nightmare to end, Cohen testified.

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I think its a little demeaning to show up in front of a courthouse, particularly one where were talking about an allegation of paying a porn star its difficult to watch, Romney told reporters before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting Wednesday.

Theres a level of dignity and decorum that you expect of people who are running for the highest station in the land, and going out and prostrating themselves in front of the public to try and apparently curry favor with the person whos our nominee is a little embarrassing.

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Theres no doubt that you know what perjury means, correct? Blanche asked. Cohen affirmed that he did.

Blanche then pointed out that the cover illustration for Cohens Mea Culpa podcast is him taking an oath in Congress. He appears to be suggesting that Cohen does not actually take oaths seriously.Asked whether he thought Pauley would have wanted to know that Cohen lied to him, Cohen said, Im certain he would have.

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Cohen suggested he felt pressured to plead guilty to the tax-related charges, to spare his family. During his sentencing hearing in December 2018, however, Cohen did not speak up when asked whether he had felt forced to plead guilty. Cohen reiterated that he was accepting responsibility at the time.

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The phrase is a direct quote from one of the 2020 presidential debates, when Trump declined to condemn violent white supremacist groups, instead telling members of one such group, the Proud Boys, to stand back and stand by.

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They may have gagged President Trump.

They didnt gag me.

They didnt gag the rest of us.

Why is that fraud Michael Cohen allowed on TikTok with a shirt of Trump behind bars but Trump cant speak out?

Why is Merchans daughter allowed to fundraise for every Democrat under the
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Boebert shared two posts to X, formerly known as Twitter, criticizing the trial as a \"pathetic political witch hunt\" and attacking Judge Merchan's daughter.

Gaetz shared a video and expressed his support for Trump.","source":"

They may have gagged President Trump.

They didnt gag me.

They didnt gag the rest of us.

Why is that fraud Michael Cohen allowed on TikTok with a shirt of Trump behind bars but Trump cant speak out?

Why is Merchans daughter allowed to fundraise for every Democrat under the
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 16, 2024

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Stormy Daniels husband speaks exclusively to OutFront and says theres a good chance well probably vacate this country if Trump is found not guilty pic.twitter.com/818liNwpq5
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I think if its not guilty, weve got to decide what to do. Good chance well probably vacate this country, Blade told CNNs Erin Burnett.

If he is found guilty, then shes still got to deal with all the hate, he added. I feel like shes the reason that hes guilty from all his followers, so I dont see it as a win situation either way.

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Can you believe Ive been here for five weeks instead of campaigning, he asked.

That's what they wanted to do get me in here as long as possible, he said of his opponents, calling the trial election interference at the most obvious.

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I can't talk about it too much. But it was a very, very good day, the former president said.","source":"","title":"Trump Says It Was A Very, Very Good Day in Court","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"Getty","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703b8e4b09499c4202dd9","userId":"557703b8e4b09499c4202dd8","fullName":"Lydia O'Connor","bio":{"text":"Lydia is a HuffPost senior reporter in her hometown of San Francisco and a graduate of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism. She has worked at HuffPost since 2013, when she was selected for that year's class of editorial fellows. Now a senior reporter on the breaking news team, she covers reproductive rights, politics, the environment, media and all things California.","microText":"Senior Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"lydiaoconnor"},"tags":[{"id":"54bdcee5e4b066e7701b53ca","name":"Environment","slug":{"text":"environment","transliterated":"environment"},"relegenceSubjectId":979436},{"id":"54bdcee2e4b066e7701b5292","name":"Women","slug":{"text":"women","transliterated":"women"}}],"urlName":{"text":"lydia-oconnor","transliterated":"lydia-oconnor"},"profileUrl":{"name":"61733bec2100000f3d6fd958","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"500b0137-88e4-324d-9ed9-ca1a18dd50e4","alias":"hp-us-lydia-oconnor","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"386e4961-98b7-3544-841a-b144743ab8ec","br":"15b48cf5-af51-30f7-aa83-3c002d9cb6eb","ca":"c4d20219-6466-36c0-85f1-056172216c4d","es":"5049f39c-d3c4-36d9-be4c-fce64f01097c","gr":"3e9c02fb-8ac5-34d9-ab88-f8dc1cdb5c56","in":"bf64ee6e-dccc-39b7-8777-551b84c54894","jp":"2ce241bc-2dc7-39ac-9f65-73baeae75a51","kr":"298b1c29-9bcd-32fb-a68e-b501d2802048","qc":"a95f5f3e-183e-361d-b940-5703fd814b6e","uk":"1ca4ed7d-e71a-38d0-b6bf-01d351d31570"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-15T00:34:13.655Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-15T00:34:13.655Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 14, 2024, 8:34 PM EDT"},"flags":["includeImage"],"social":{"image":{"name":"664402b925000051003b1604","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"664402b925000051003b1604.jpeg","type":"hectorUrl"},"caption":"Trump spoke for around 10 minutes outside the courthouse after today’s proceedings, mostly to complain about being there.

“Can you believe I’ve been here for five weeks instead of campaigning,” he asked.

“That's what they wanted to do – get me in here as long as possible,” he said of his opponents, calling the trial “election interference at the most obvious.”

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Earlier, Blanche posed an odd question about the fixer label that has followed Cohen. Asked whether Cohen was fixing things that he broke, Cohen said no.

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Prior to that, Blanche spent quite a bit of time on Cohens home confinement; Cohen was allowed to serve out the rest of his sentence from home during the COVID-19 pandemic due to his co-morbidities, as he testified earlier. Cohen was only allowed to leave the house for a few hours per day during that time and could not leave Manhattan.","source":"","title":"Cohen Made Around $3.4 Million From Books","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T20:26:10.282Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T20:26:10.282Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 14, 2024, 4:26 PM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6643c7c3e4b0f22a60f36c46","caption":"

Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen finished answering questions for the prosecution this morning. Cohen largely owned his past mistakes and expressed deep regret, saying his former loyalty to Trump violated my moral compass and I suffered the penalty, as has my family.
The prosecution reportedly said they wont call any more witnesses after Cohen, as their case-in-chief speeds to a potential conclusion this week.
Lead defense attorney Todd Blanche is handling Cohens cross examination. Blanche began his questions with a bang, harshly asking Cohen if hed called him a crying little shit on TikTok. The question was stricken from the record after prosecutors objected.
Blanche later tried to cast Cohen as a hypocrite, contrasting his prior fawning over Trump (Im the guy who would take a bullet for the president, he once said) with his recent attacks. Cohen said the statements were accurate at the time, because he was knee-deep into the cult of Donald Trump.
A New York appeals court denied Trumps latest effort to have his gag order overturned.
A handful of Republican lawmakers attended court today to show support for Donald Trump, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Comments they made to reporters outside, including attacking Judge Merchans family, arguably violate Trumps gag order.

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To this day, youve never signed a cooperation agreement, correct? he asked.

Thats correct, Cohen said. Earlier, he said he did not recall asking the office about their timeline on the case.

Cohen affirmed that after he turned on Trump, he embarked on what he termed his apology tour. That apparently included quite a bit of name-calling. Asked whether he used terms for Trump in 2020 like boorish cartoon misogynist or Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain, Cohen said that sounded like something he would say.","source":"","title":"Beginning The Apology Tour","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. 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It does make money, but its not significant, he said. He started posting regular TikToks around six weeks ago.

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The gag order prohibits Trump from making comments about jurors/witnesses and also from causing others to make them. https://t.co/OeWR7w4jtD
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 14, 2024

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Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance highlighted the provision in a social media post this morning, shortly after a handful of pro-Trump Republicans in attendance made public remarks about the proceedings, manyof which would arguably violate Trumps gag order.","source":"

The gag order prohibits Trump from making comments about jurors/witnesses and also from causing others to make them. https://t.co/OeWR7w4jtD
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After an objection, Merchan called the attorneys for a sidebar.

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The prosecution told the judge that Michael Cohen will be their last witness, according to the court transcript.
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In early 2019, Cohen testified before Congress, where he apologized to that body for his false 2017 testimony. Cohen also extended apologies to his family and the nation, for acting in a way that suppressed information that the citizenry had a right to know in order to make a decision on an individual who was seeking the highest office in the land.

He ultimately served 13 months in prison before being released on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.","source":"","title":"Even After Guilty Plea, Cohen Admits He Clung To Loyalty To Trump","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T16:32:29.298Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T17:17:36.234Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 14, 2024, 12:32 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"6643920e24000034002cb0e6","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66438ebde4b0d915e0fbabc9","caption":"Hoffinger has prompted Cohen many times in his testimony to say that he took actions, and committed crimes, on behalf of Trump hammering the point home for the jury.

Asked how he felt when he pleaded guilty in federal court, Cohen responded, Worst day of my life.

Trump then began attacking him on Twitter. Jurors were presented with a couple examples. Cohen was fined and sentenced to 36 months' incarceration followed by 36 months' supervised release. He reported to prison May 6, 2019. ","source":"","title":"'Worst Day Of My Life'","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T16:22:47.885Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T16:22:47.885Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 14, 2024, 12:22 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66438fc424000034001fdeef","ops":"crop_1551_40_1802_1227","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66438c8ee4b09724138db7d1","caption":"Cohen recalled speaking to his family in the summer of 2018.

My wife, my daughter, my son all said to me, Why are you holding onto this loyalty? What are you doing? Were supposed to be [your] first loyalty.

He decided it was about time to listen to them. Cohen realized his loyalty should be to his family and country not Trump.

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And so I had enough, and I told him, Cohen said.

Cohen then read from another email from Costello warning Cohen not to cooperate with the federal investigators. Costellos emails did not name Giuliani or Trump specifically. Cohen said they all had a covert and 'I Spy'-ish quality to them.

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Cohen said he was told the backchannel would help ensure youre still good and youre still secure. But he noted that \"there was something really sketchy and wrong about [Costello].\"

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You are loved, read one of the messages to Cohen. Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places. Cohen said he assumed Costello was referring to Trump.

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Asked how he felt after that, Cohen replied, How to describe your life being turned upside down? He said he was concerned, despondent, angry at the raid and affirmed he was also afraid.

He spoke to Trump on the phone in what would turn out to be their last direct conversation.

Cohen testified that Trump told him: Dont worry, Im the president of the United States. Theres nothing here. Stay tough. Youre going to be OK.

I wanted some reassurance that Mr. Trump had my back, especially his help with issues that related to him, Cohen said.

In an April 21, 2018, tweet that was read to the jury, Trump praised Cohen and suggested he was loyal. Cohen said he understood the message to mean that Mr. Trump did not want me to cooperate with government, certainly not to provide information or flip.","source":"","title":"Trump Told Cohen Everything Would Be Fine After FBI Raid, Because He Was President","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T15:21:01.455Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-14T15:21:01.455Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 14, 2024, 11:21 AM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"6643814a24000032002cb0d3","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66438089e4b09724138db040","caption":"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has shown his support for friend Trump by attending the ex-presidents criminal trial.

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Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio), another potential vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), and Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) made earlier appearances at the trial to back Trump.

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While Trump has repeatedly cast it as a violation of his First Amendment rights, the court disagreed, writing:

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Please start writing, Cohen wrote in the text, adding he would call soon.

In court, Cohen said, I was going to give it to her first so she had the scoop.

He provided Haberman a statement claiming that he had used his own personal funds to facilitate the $130,000 payment to Daniels.

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Immigrants from my district who fled socialist, communist & third world countries see this trial for the sham it isbecause they fled countries where they jail political opponents to silence them.

Mark my words: President Trump will do very well with immigrant communities pic.twitter.com/YhV6T6gHZh
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I think this is actually going to help President Trump in the immigrant community in particular because it is very scary and reminiscent of what these people fled, Malliotakis told Newsmax's \"Wake Up America.\"

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Immigrants from my district who fled socialist, communist & third world countries see this trial for the sham it isbecause they fled countries where they jail political opponents to silence them.

Mark my words: President Trump will do very well with immigrant communities pic.twitter.com/YhV6T6gHZh
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Trump: But I've been here for almost four weeks in an ice box. I call it the ice box pic.twitter.com/seVNHQNDWz
Acyn (@Acyn) May 14, 2024

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Today he kicked off with a blast at the Biden administrations new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles claiming he wanted to go earlier, and further, than the new policy dictates.

Chinas eating our lunch, he said, twice.

He moved to reading out favorable commentary about the trial from Fox News commentators, including Judge Jeanine Pirro, who Trump claims labeled Judge Merchan a fool.

Trumps free-wheeling speech also returns to one of his hardy perennials: the climate conditions in the courtroom.

I've been here for almost four weeks in an ice box, he said. I call it the ice box.

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Trump: But I've been here for almost four weeks in an ice box. I call it the ice box pic.twitter.com/seVNHQNDWz
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 14, 2024

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Have to admit Im surprised that @SpeakerJohnson wants to be in the I cheated on my wife with a porn star club. I guess hes not that concerned with teaching morality to our young people after all. https://t.co/wTHWvA1m85
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NEWS @SpeakerJohnson is expected at the courthouse in NYC this morning in support of former President Donald Trump.
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Former Trump fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen began testifying in what will be a multi-day affair. Prosecutors expect to conclude Cohen's questioning tomorrow, with a contentious cross-examination to follow.
Cohen told jurors he earned $525,000 a year lying and bullying on Trumps behalf, doing things like renegotiating bills and threatening reporters who published stories that angered Trump.
He recalled Trump being intimately involved in managerial decisions, including his personal approval of the scheme to falsify business records to obscure hush money payments made during Trumps presidential run.
Cohens responsibilities shifted after Trump announced his candidacy. Jurors saw emails of Cohen advising the National Enquirers coverage of Trump, including editing headlines and stories.
He also became Trumps point person for The Enquirers catch and kill schemes, wherein Enquirer executives would purchase the exclusive rights to stories damaging to Trump, then refuse to publish them.
Cohen testified that both adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal were silenced during the 2016 campaign from speaking about their affairs with Trump via similar payments. Cohen said Trump didnt privately deny having slept with either of them, only calling them beautiful when asked.
Once Trump won the election, Cohen said he felt disappointed he wasnt considered for a role in the Trump administration. He thought Trump would need help dealing with some outstanding matters.

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Because Cohen would be receiving the reimbursement as income, taxes would be applied, so Weisselberg said the repayment needed to be grossed up. In order for Cohen to get back the $180,000, Weisselberg doubled the amount to $360,000. With a little extra bonus for Cohen although not the full bonus he'd expected to receive the total owed by Trump came to $420,000.

All of this is familiar to jurors by now. We've been over these numbers multiple times.

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I had other ideas for myself that I wanted, but I wanted to at least be considered it was more about my ego than anything, Cohen said.

I would have liked to have been considered, he reiterated.

Cohen explained how he pitched Trump other roles, saying he could serve as personal attorney to the president or as a consultant. He thought Trump would need someone to help deal with some outstanding matters.

Jurors were then shown texts between Cohen and his daughter about not being considered for chief of staff. He testified: My daughter and I are very close, were very much connected, and she was concerned that I was upset that I was not being considered for the role, Cohen said. I explained to her that there are so many opportunities.\" Trump eventually gave Cohen the \"personal attorney to the president\" title he sought.","source":"","title":"Mr. Trump Goes To Washington, Leaving Loyal Cohen","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. 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Cohen also recalled speaking to Davidson, expressing anger at the attorney who represented both McDougal and Daniels. Cohen said he told Davidson that Trump was upset, and that he hoped they did not find out that somebody on Davidsons side had leaked information on the hush money. At the time, he thought thats what might have happened.","source":"","title":"Cohen Threatened Keith Davidson After WSJ Report","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T19:22:09.111Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T19:22:09.111Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 3:22 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"6642683b24000034001fddc3","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6642651ae4b04540de6e7f69","caption":"All parties signed the agreement on Oct. 28, 2016, with Cohen signing on Trumps behalf as EC for Essential Consultants. He said this was to protect Trump.

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Trump shook his head almost imperceptibly.

Then-National Enquirer Editor-in-Chief Dylan Howard helped see the agreement through, Cohen said, adding that he thought Howard and Pecker wanted Trump to know they were still on his team.","source":"","title":"Trump Reacts Ever So Slightly","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:59:30.632Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:59:30.632Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 2:59 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"664262f322000031007d90cc","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"664260d7e4b0409df0298757","caption":"Cohen is explaining to the jury how he walked across the street to the bank to transfer the hush money payment. The morning of Oct. 26, 2016, Cohen said, he spoke to Trump to get final approval to make the payment to Daniels attorney, who would ensure she got paid.

Asked whether he would have transferred the funds without Trumps approval, Cohen said no.

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He felt he could not tell her the real reason he needed that money, so he took out a home equity line of credit to cover the sum. Once Trump paid him back, Cohen would pass the funds along and nobody would be the wiser.

Cohen said that he had been immediately shut down when he broached the subject of the payment with Pecker, who said that even though the McDougal situation had worked out in his favor, he could certainly not put up that kind of money again.","source":"","title":"Cohen Avoided His Wife's Scrutiny By Taking Out Credit Line","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:45:54.707Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:45:54.707Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66425cf1e4b09724138d2213","caption":"Cohen said he explained the situation to Trump, who later told him hed talked the situation over with some smart friends and they recommended he pay the $130,000. At the time, the Daily Mail was interested in paying Daniels to publish her story.

\"He expressed to me, 'Just do it. Go meet up with Allen Weisselberg and figure this whole thing out,'\" Cohen said.

He initially tried to convince Weisselberg to put up the sum, but Weisselberg said he could not as he was covering several grandchildrens prep school expenses. Cohen decided to cover the sum himself and wait for Trump to pay him back.

\"I was doing everything I could and more in order to protect my boss, which was something I had done for a long time,\" Cohen said. ","source":"","title":"'Figure This Whole Thing Out'","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:38:27.825Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:38:27.825Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 2:38 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66425e0824000032002cafb9","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66425af2e4b09724138d2058","caption":"Cohen said he was \"very concerned\" to receive Davidson's email saying the agreement was void.

\"We were losing control over the settlement ... in order to prevent the story from coming out, he testified.

Cohen said he noticed Davidson was no longer taking his calls and acknowledged being under a lot of stress at the time. He then recalled calling Trump to tell him that Daniels had declared the agreement void.

He did not believe he could delay that transaction any further. He took steps to create another shell company after realizing the name he picked for the last one was in use by a friend. Essential Consultants LLC was born.","source":"","title":"Cohen Almost Loses Control Of Stormy Daniels' Story","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:27:42.212Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T18:27:42.212Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 2:27 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66425b8e22000031007d90b8","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6642594ae4b09724138d1f4f","caption":"While Cohen was trying to put off the hush money payment to Daniels until at least after the 2016 election, he made various excuses to her lawyer, Keith Davidson, including the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

Cohen said he would tell Davidson he was incredibly busy with Trumps campaign and traveling \"all over,\" so he needed a few more days to send over the funds.

Jurors were then shown emails between Cohen and representatives of First Republic Bank, where Cohen was opening a new bank account on Oct. 13, 2016. Cohen admitted that he lied on the forms about the purpose of the account.

\"I'm not sure they would have opened it if it had stated, 'To pay off an adult film star for a nondisclosure agreement.'\"

On Oct. 17, 2016, Cohen received an email from Davidson with an ultimatum, followed by another email stating that Davidson and Daniels considered the agreement null and void. Cohen read both to the jury.","source":"","title":"Cohen Put Off Daniels Lawyer With Claim He Was Very Busy","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. 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An expressionless Trump has now left the courtroom for a lunch break.","source":"","title":"Trump Wanted To Push Stormy Daniels Deal Past Election, Cohen Says","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T16:56:42.679Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T16:56:42.679Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 12:56 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"664246442400005700add6be","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6642445ae4b0c43c96b13e0a","caption":"Trump reacted badly upon learning that Daniels was very seriously shopping around her story about their alleged affair, Cohen said.

According to Cohen, Trump was angry with him, saying, \"I thought you had this under control. I thought you took care of this.\"

Cohen said he told Trump that he had taken care of Daniels' 2011 attempt to make her story public through an interview with InTouch that was not published at the time. But he said he could not control what Daniels did afterward.

Cohen said Trump told him: \"This is a disaster. A total disaster. Women are going to hate me. Guys may think its cool, but this is a big disaster for the campaign.\"

Asked whether Trump was concerned about his wifes reaction to the alleged affair, Cohen said no.

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\"He wasnt thinking about Melania. This was all about the campaign,\" Cohen said.

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Cohen said Trump ultimately told him: Do it. Take care of it. Trump also allegedly told Cohen a bit about the 2006 golf tournament where he met the porn actor.

He told me that he was playing golf with Big Ben Roethlisberger and they had met Stormy Daniels and others there, Cohen recalled, adding that Trump expressed the sentiment that women prefer Trump even over someone like Big Ben.

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Cohen said he understood the message to mean that this was going to be significantly impactful\" to Trump's campaign, \"especially with women voters.","source":"","title":"Chris Cuomo Texts Stress Access Hollywood Impact","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T16:29:22.601Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T16:29:22.601Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 12:29 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66423fd722000053004061d0","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66423ed7e4b0866a5b2cd56f","caption":"Cohen said he was in London on Oct. 7, 2016, celebrating both his anniversary and his daughters 21st birthday when the Access Hollywood tape was about to drop.

I received a phone call from Hope Hicks, Cohen said. Jurors were shown an email from Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold asking Trump's camp for comment on the tape.

Cohen affirmed that he was concerned about what the tape would mean for Trumps campaign. He said Trump wanted to \"spin\" the story by saying his vulgar comments about women were just an example of \"locker room talk.\"

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The Trump Organization CFO pleaded guilty to perjury and lying under oath last year, and was sentenced to five months in jail. Before that, he pleaded guilty to tax fraud while overseeing the companys finances, and also agreed to testify against the Trump Org at a later trial that also resulted in the Trump Organizations conviction.","source":"

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Asked who he understood would ultimately pay the life rights to McDougal's story, Cohen replied, \"Mr. Trump.\"

\"What I was doing, I was doing at the direction of and for the benefit of Mr. Trump,\" he testified.

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Allen said to me, well, if we do it from a Trump entity, that kind of defeats the purpose, because the point is not to have the Trump name affiliated to this at all. Really create a barrier, Cohen said. He ended up creating an LLC to keep it separate.

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I didnt want to record more, he testified. I already had enough that I would be able to show David Pecker as to convince him that he was going to receive $150,000 back.

In the conversation that continued after the tape ended, Cohen said he told Trump he would go speak to Weisselberg.

\"Did you ever alter that recording?\" Hoffinger asked of the tape.

\"No,\" Cohen replied.","source":"","title":"Cohen Explains Why He Taped Trump In Secret","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:48:23.62Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:51:07.728Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"664236412600003300b344c8","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"6642351fe4b0866a5b2cd095","caption":"During the morning break, the former president answered no questions from reporters pooled in the hall, instead choosing to pump his fist three times.","source":"","title":"Trump Is Back","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:43:57.308Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:43:57.308Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 11:43 AM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66423115e4b0c43c96b13220","caption":"Cohens secret audio recording of a conversation he had with Trump in person was played for the jury once again. Cohen was simply recording on his phone, using a voice memo function, he said.

On the tape, he tells Trump that The New York Times was trying to get his divorce papers with first wife Ivana unsealed.

Were fighting it, Cohen says on the tape, agreeing that the paper should never get the documents.

Cohen then turns to the McDougal matter, saying that he had spoken to Allen Weisselberg about it. He tells Trump that he needs to open up a company to handle the $150,000 hush money reimbursement to AMI.

Asked why he needed to do so, Cohen replied, In order to have separation, keeping it away from Mr. Trump. For privacy purposes and for the benefit of Mr. Trump. Cohen then tells Trump he would take care of another matter, clarifying in court that he was referring to Peckers drawer of documents.","source":"","title":"Secret Trump Tape Played For Jurors (Again)","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:28:00.382Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:28:00.382Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 11:28 AM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"664231732400003500add6aa","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66422e0ce4b0866a5b2cc92c","caption":"Cohen affirmed that there was a locked drawer in Peckers office containing documents relating to Trump. He was concerned that the documents could fall into the wrong hands, particularly if Pecker changed jobs, so Pecker said Cohen could take over the drawer.

Cohen then testified about recording a conversation he then had with Trump.

No, maam, Cohen says when asked whether Trump knew he was recording.","source":"","title":"Locked Drawer With Trump Docs Caused Concern, Cohen Says","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:14:44.415Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:14:44.415Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 11:14 AM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66422e5d22000053004061b6","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66422ce8e4b062adda34ba86","caption":"AMI ended up agreeing to a deal with McDougal that helped rejuvenate her career in addition to the cash payment, providing her with writing opportunities and two chances to appear on a magazine cover.

Once it was all settled, Cohen said Trump told him, Fantastic. Great job.

Cohen then recalled having lunch with Pecker at \"his favorite Italian restaurant\" in September 2016. Pecker \"expressed his anger\" at not having been repaid the $150,000 to McDougal, allegedly saying he was concerned that the amount was \"too much to hide\" from his parent company, Cohen testified. (Again, Trump never paid up. In his testimony earlier in the trial, Pecker downplayed his disappointment at not being paid back.)","source":"","title":"Trumps Reaction To Catch-And-Kill Of McDougal Story: Fantastic. Great Job.'","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:10:52.454Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T15:10:52.454Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 11:10 AM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66422d7522000031004061b3","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"66422a22e4b062adda34b648","caption":"Jurors were shown June 16, 2016, text messages between Cohen and National Enquirer editor-in-chief Dylan Howard discussing an upcoming meeting with McDougal and her representatives. Howard ended up flying to California for the meeting. Another message from Cohen to Trumps bodyguard, Keith Schiller, showed the attorney asking to speak with Trump as soon as possible. Cohen testifies that they spoke, and he shared updates on McDougal, illustrating how involved Trump was with Cohens activities.

Ive got this locked down for you, Howard told Cohen in one message shown to jurors. Hoffinger began asking whether Howard told Cohen his opinion about the veracity of McDougal's claim, but the judge sustained an objection from the defense, preventing him from answering.

Cohen testified that Trump had a direct call with Pecker after Howard's meeting.

\"David said, 'We have this under control. And we'll take care of this.'\" It would cost $150,000 \"to control the story,\" Cohen said, adding that Trump said he would \"take care of it.\" Cohen took that to mean that AMI would front the money and Trump would provide a reimbursement. (He never did.)","source":"","title":"National Enquirer Editor To Cohen: 'I've Got This Locked Down For You'","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","userId":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e84","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","bio":{"text":"Sara Boboltz is a reporter for HuffPost based in New York City. She can be reached at sara.boboltz@huffingtonpost.com.","microText":"Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"sara_bee"},"urlName":{"text":"sara-boboltz","transliterated":"sara-boboltz"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5c112f45240000ff008c49ce","ops":"","ext":"jpg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"7efa2b24-4b6d-3ed4-9577-ccdb5b94ca9d","alias":"hp-us-sara-boboltz","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"e2c788e0-e657-3145-89f1-772e9073363a","br":"7dd4b59a-cd13-359c-8e48-55156aad035d","ca":"4b4ed2d2-0cc0-3fec-9a12-613c7d4cbdf8","es":"72574f0c-0913-3237-b4f8-82577b2e0f6d","fr":"fa37297f-6053-37d5-8459-b3ce0d49e249","gr":"47d4405e-50d2-33a9-a8e7-5aa0ae78b17f","in":"52202395-5771-3b1b-bd72-aa237dbb4992","it":"8030b39b-266e-3b42-bb91-366fa3c17acb","jp":"f96d018f-a655-3e2c-a7d2-e9bef0418928","kr":"901d3b5d-c732-3638-9753-c24462e9f959","qc":"e7550854-9b8c-3448-8811-d6a30489d80d","uk":"1b2d589c-ea9a-3877-875c-b904885588c9"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T14:58:33.547Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-05-13T14:58:33.547Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"May 13, 2024, 10:58 AM EDT"},"social":{},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"default-entry.jpg","type":"hectorUrl"},"credit":"","ops":""},"textWrap":"wrapped","imagePositionInUnit":null,"imagePositionInSubUnit":null,"authors":[{"authorData":{"id":"557703bbe4b09499c4202e85","fullName":"Sara Boboltz","slug":"sara-boboltz","headshot":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5c112f45240000ff008c49ce.jpg","queryParams":{},"width":400,"height":400,"credit":"","ops":""},"socialAccounts":{},"title":"","links":{"permalink":"https://action.news/author/sara-boboltz"}}}],"isLiveblogSlide":false},"provider":null},{"embedData":{"type":"hector","url":"https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/default-entry.jpg","queryParams":{},"credit":""},"type":"image","common":{"id":"664227fce4b0c43c96b1274d","caption":"Cohen affirms that he became aware of McDougals story about an alleged affair with Trump in June 2016. She was shopping it around to various tabloids, Cohen said.

Asked about the potential impact to Trumps campaign, Cohen said it would have been significant. He immediately went to Trump, in person, and told him about McDougal.

His response to me was, Shes really beautiful. I said, OK, but theres a story thats right now being shopped.

Hoffinger asked whether Cohen made any inferences about the story based on Trumps response, but the judge sustained the defenses objection to it, preventing Cohen from responding.

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He recalled Trumps reaction: You handle it.

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Asked whether he occasionally lied on behalf of Trump and bullied people for him, Cohen said that he had.

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I was honored. I was taken by surprise, and I agreed, Cohen said of being asked to come aboard.

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Trump this morning has printed out a new New York Times poll showing him ahead in swing states and also some Fox News columns for good measure. note that JD Vance and Tuberville are behind him pic.twitter.com/xSreViCWk0
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2024

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The poll shows Trump holding an advantage over Biden in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Trump told reporters it shows us leading everywhere, by a lot. In Nevada, the lead is 12-points among registered voters.

He was also keen to talk about the turn-out for his weekend rally in New Jersey where he claimed were probably leading (hes not). He also dodged a reporters question about Hannibal Lecter, who got an unlikely name-check from the ex-president at the aforementioned rally.","source":"

Trump this morning has printed out a new New York Times poll showing him ahead in swing states and also some Fox News columns for good measure. note that JD Vance and Tuberville are behind him pic.twitter.com/xSreViCWk0
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 13, 2024

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HuffPost's Sara Boboltz was in the courtroom covering her testimony and other updates from trial. You can read last week's liveblog coverage here, and read Boboltz's takeaways from Daniels' testimony below.","source":"

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Pinned

Day 18: Cohen Cross Continues. Also Penis Balloons.

The defense continued its cross-examination of Michael Cohen, attempting to cast doubt on his memory of events and calls from eight years ago. Cohen, who once estimated making 100 calls a day, said he specifically remembers the hush money payment conversations because they were extremely important and all consuming.
Blanche zeroed in on an Oct. 2016 call Cohen made to Trumps bodyguard. Cohen maintains the call, which only lasted a minute and a half, served to inform Trump of the Stormy Daniels deal. But Blanche angrily disputed that, noting the short duration of the call, and that Cohen previously said hed been getting harassing phone calls that night and wanted to flag the situation with Trump and his security. Cohen pushed back, saying he made such calls all the time.
Someone released around 100 metallic, pink penis balloons outside the courthouse this morning, dramatically stopping a U-Haul in the middle of the street and shoveling them en masse out the back. Each balloon featured a photo of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan or Special Counsel Jack Smith taped to both sides, suggesting it was a pro-Trump (albeit bizarre) stunt.
Just before court broke for the day, Blanche seemed to be gearing up an attack on the characterization of the payments themselves as hush money, noting the agreement with Daniels was a completely legal, binding contract.
Court is off tomorrow so Trump can attend his son Barron's high school graduation. We'll be back Monday.

Trump's Day Off The Court

Judge Juan Merchan agreed not to hold court today to allow Trump to attend his son Barron's high school graduation.

Following the event, Trump will visit Minnesota to campaign in the state, where he lost both in 2016 and 2020.

The Associated Press' Steve Karnowski has the details.

'A Grave Threat'

Former Republican Rep. David Jolly called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and others for joining Trump's entourage at the Manhattan courthouse this week, saying the purpose of their visit was essentially to try to interfere with the administration of justice.

"To see the members of the House do that is a grave threat," he added.

Read more on Jolly's interview on MSNBC below.