Michael Cohen testifies Trump approved hush money payment
by Peter Grier
May 13, 2024
3 minutes
Donald Trump knew – and approved. That’s what Mr. Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen said in a Manhattan courtroom Monday.
Mr. Cohen testified in Mr. Trump’s New York hush money trial that his actions to suppress stories about alleged infidelities of the then-candidate before the 2016 election were done at Mr. Trump’s direction. The point was to help the Trump campaign, Mr. Cohen testified, not to prevent embarrassment for the Trump family.
In saying so, Mr. Cohen – who once called himself the former president’s “designated thug”
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