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Trump defense dubs Michael Cohen the ‘GLOAT’

Defense attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday said Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness against former President Donald Trump, is the "greatest liar of all time," leaning heavily into sports metaphors in his closing argument.

May 28, 2024

Trump closing: Bragg fell way short, offered little evidence of scheme

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer told jurors Tuesday they "should want and expect more" from prosecutors who claim the presumptive GOP nominee engaged in business fraud to boost his first run for the White House.

May 28, 2024

Tiffany Trump highlights father’s entourage for trial closings

Former President Donald Trump's younger daughter Tiffany showed up Tuesday for closing arguments in her father's hush money trial.

May 28, 2024

Crunch time: Prosecutors, Trump lawyers to make final pitches to Manhattan jury

Jurors will hear closing arguments in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday and receive the case by midweek, an unprecedented moment in U.S. history that could reshape the presidential campaign.

May 27, 2024

Trump refutes hush money allegations, says ‘Everything was done right’

Former President Donald Trump is making a last-ditch plea for the criminal charges against him to be thrown out as his fate in a New York trial nears jury deliberations.

May 24, 2024

Trump declines to testify as defense rests after calling only two witnesses

Defense lawyers rested Tuesday in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial after taking just two days to present their case and declining to put Mr. Trump on the witness stand, signaling they don't think Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a compelling case.

May 21, 2024

Trump declines to testify as defense rests, jurors dismissed until after Memorial Day

Former President Donald Trump declined to testify Tuesday as the defense rested in his hush money trial, setting the table for closing arguments and deliberations after Memorial Day.

May 21, 2024

Don Jr., Joe Piscopo attend New York hush money trial

Former President Donald Trump entered court Tuesday joined by Donald Trump Jr., marking the first time his eldest son has attended the hush money trial in lower Manhattan.

May 21, 2024

‘Clear the courtroom!’ judge says over Trump witness’ sass

State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom Monday over a dramatic spat with the defense's first main witness, Robert Costello, causing a period of mayhem at former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.

May 20, 2024

Trump begins defense after state rests in hush money trial

Prosecutors rested their case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, clearing the way for Mr. Trump to mount his defense and setting the table for closing arguments after the Memorial Day break.

May 20, 2024

Prosecutors patch up Michael Cohen after bruising cross-examination

Prosecutors worked to restore Michael Cohen's credibility Monday after lawyers for ex-President Donald Trump raised doubts about critical phone calls he had with Mr. Trump near the 2016 election and got the so-called fixer to admit he pilfered $30,000 from the Trump Organization.

May 20, 2024

Michael Cohen admits stealing $30K from Trump Organization

Michael Cohen admitted on the witness stand Monday that he stole $30,000 from the Trump Organization, blowing another hole in his credibility as the star witness against former President Donald Trump.

May 20, 2024

Must-see TV? Michael Cohen says producer is pitching ‘The Fixer’

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer-turned-accuser Michael Cohen said Monday a producer is trying to pitch a TV show about him.

May 20, 2024

Trump team hits Michael Cohen as having selective memory of 2016

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday poked holes in Michael Cohen's memory of key events in 2016, saying the Trump lawyer-turned-accuser seemed only to remember things convenient for the prosecution.

May 20, 2024

Alan Dershowitz, Bernie Kerik, Vernon Jones join Trump trial guest list

Former President Donald Trump attended his trial Monday with a large entourage that included lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik and Democrat-turned-Republican Vernon Jones, a former state representative from Georgia and outspoken champion of the former president.

May 20, 2024

‘That courtroom is depressing:’ Trump’s trial plays out on tattered stage of American justice

Former President Donald Trump has rallied supporters in the Upper Midwest, attended his son's high school graduation and feted foreign leaders since his historic criminal trial began in mid-April.

May 19, 2024

Trump attends son’s graduation in Florida, plans to campaign in Minnesota on trial off day

Former President Donald Trump is making the most of Friday's rare day off from his hush money trial in New York, attending his son's high school graduation in Florida before jetting to Minnesota for a GOP dinner.

May 17, 2024

Trump: My only crime was beating Hillary Clinton

Former President Donald Trump relished a "very interesting day" after his defense team roughed up Michael Cohen, the star witness in the hush money case against the presumptive GOP nominee.

May 16, 2024

Trump team wears down Michael Cohen’s credibility in front of jury

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, using cross-examination to portray Michael Cohen on Thursday as a man who lies about anything and everything, sought to eviscerate the credibility of the prosecution's main witness to a 2016 hush payment and alleged crimes to cover it up.

May 16, 2024

Defense confronts Michael Cohen with his anti-Trump tirades, thirst for revenge

Lawyers for ex-President Donald Trump are spotlighting Michael Cohen's podcasts and media comments to paint him as so hellbent on taking down Mr. Trump that his animus reached biblical proportions.

May 16, 2024