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Michael Cohen outlines ‘false’ records at heart of Trump hush money case

Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's one-time fixer and lawyer, told jurors Tuesday he submitted false invoices to the Trump Organization and its revocable trust to conceal a hush payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.

May 14, 2024

‘The Apprentice: VP Edition’: Potential running mates flock to Trump’s hush money trial in N.Y.

Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is turning into an audition hall of sorts, as potential running to the presumptive Republican nominee show up each day.

May 14, 2024

Michael Cohen on hush money scheme: ‘Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off’

Former President Donald Trump's onetime fixer and attorney Michael Cohen testified Monday that "the boss" played a hands-on role in paying adult film star Stormy Daniels to quash her story about a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump and to conceal the nature of the payments.

May 13, 2024

Michael Cohen says Trump warned him in 2015 to prepare for bad stories from women

Donald Trump, fresh off launching his presidential bid at Trump Tower, allegedly told his lawyer Michael Cohen to be ready, that negative stories from women were about to pour in.

May 13, 2024

Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer-turned-accuser, testifies against his former boss

Michael Cohen took the witness stand Monday to provide a firsthand account of hush payments made near the 2016 election as the trial against former President Donald Trump reaches its climax.

May 13, 2024

GOP lawmakers Tuberville, Vance, Malliotakis attend court to support Trump

Republican Sens. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York attended former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Monday, making them the latest high-profile supporters to show up.

May 13, 2024

Prosecutors set to call Michael Cohen as make-or-break witness in Trump trial

Prosecutors will call their star witness, Michael Cohen, when former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial resumes on Monday, bringing the state's case to a climax and setting the stage for a bruising cross-examination.

May 10, 2024

Judge Merchan won’t let prosecutors play 1999 Larry King clip at Trump trial

A New York judge on Friday rejected prosecutors' attempts to enter a 1999 interview between Donald Trump and Larry King into evidence in the ex-president's hush money trial.

May 10, 2024

N.Y. judge says photographer broke rule, will not allow Trump pictures in court

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is forbidding photographs of former President Donald Trump in his trial because a pool journalist took a picture from the aisle instead of the front of the courtroom, as required, according to court officers.

May 10, 2024

N.Y. judge again refuses to grant mistrial for Trump or alter gag order related to Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK -- A New York judge on Thursday rejected a second request by former President Donald Trump to declare a mistrial over the testimony of porn actress Stormy Daniels.

May 9, 2024

Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as a money-hungry author of sex stories at Trump trial

Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday tore into Stormy Daniels as a creative profit seeker who used the former president's 2016 candidacy and legal troubles to extort money from him, sell merchandise and launch a "Make America Horny Again" tour.

May 9, 2024

Trump lawyers: Stormy Daniels is adept at making up sex stories

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday argued that Stormy Daniels' experience in the porn industry made her an expert at fabricating stories about sexual encounters.

May 9, 2024

Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as money hungry as Trump trial resumes

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday painted Stormy Daniels as a profit seeker who tried to extort him ahead of the 2016 election, as the porn star returned to the witness stand in Manhattan.

May 9, 2024

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida attends Trump hush money trial in New York

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is attending former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan.

May 9, 2024

Stormy Daniels’ steamy testimony isn’t expected to sway the presidential race

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels' testimony about an extramarital sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump is the kind of thing that would sink a normal politician. But there was no indication on Wednesday that his Rolodex of congressional supporters or evangelical base was ready to ditch him over Ms. Daniels' X-rated narrative.

May 8, 2024

Trump says Stormy Daniels’ testimony backfired: ‘This whole case is just a disaster’

After a day in court where porn star Stormy Daniels recounted in excruciating detail an alleged sexual romp with former President Donald Trump, he emerged to declare the prosecutors' case is "totally falling apart."

May 7, 2024

Stormy Daniels takes stand, dishes tawdry testimony in Trump trial

Prosecutors dove straight into the seamy details of the hush money case against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday by putting adult-film actress Stormy Daniels on the stand to testify about an alleged sexual encounter in a Lake Tahoe suite in 2006 and efforts to sell her story before the presidential election a decade later.

May 7, 2024

Defense gets crack at Stormy Daniels, highlights her hatred for Trump

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers undercut Stormy Daniels and her motivations Tuesday after prosecutors spent hours eliciting salacious testimony from the porn star, a central witness in the New York hush-money trial against the former president.

May 7, 2024

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says city will be ready if Trump thrown in jail

The New York City corrections department will be ready if former President Donald Trump is jailed for violating the gag order in his hush-money trial, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.

May 7, 2024

Judge rejects Trump’s motion for mistrial over Stormy testimony

Former President Donald Trump moved for a mistrial Tuesday, saying testimony offered by porn star Stormy Daniels went too far. The motion was swiftly rejected, though the attempt will preserve some of Mr. Trump's rights in an appeal of a potential conviction.

May 7, 2024