#michaelcohen — Public Fediverse posts
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Wajahat Ali and Ellie Leonard talk about Michael Cohen, who is trying to get back in MAGA world, working on launching a podcast called “Across the Aisle” with Trump-aligned activist Laura Loomer.
Michael Cohen is hiding something, and he's still trying to cover up for Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8WUzEHBd0 #MichaelCohen #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Trump #LauraLoomer
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The Epstein Files: Trump, Michael Cohen, Katie Johnson and Sasha Riley with Ellie Leonard And Wajahat Ali
https://levremembers.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files-trump-michael-cohen #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #DOJ #CoverUp #MichaelCohen #SashaRiley #SaschaRiley #KatieJohnson
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Ellie Leonard and Lev Parnas: Updates on Michael Cohen/Michael Wolff and the story of Sascha Riley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW555wIFQMs #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Trump #CoverUp #MichaelCohen #MichaelWolff #SaschaRiley #DOJ #KatieJohnson
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"Focusing in on the Epstein Files and one specific email that may change the narrative for Donald Trump."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-184509538 #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp #BillClinton #HilaryClinton #Clintons #JamesComer #MichaelCohen #Trump #fascism #murder #ReneeNicoleGood #Minneapolis
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#JeffreyEpstein texted delegate #StaceyPlaskett (D-Virgin Islands, Little St. James ("#EpsteinIsland") was in said territory) and was feeding her questions during congressional hearing of #MichaelCohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5owopFlGKY
https://piped.video/watch?v=Z5owopFlGKY
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Z5owopFlGKY
#uspol #politics #LittleStJames #EpsteinFilesRelease #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinList #EpsteinBirthdayBook #EpsteinCoverup #JeffreyEpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinBlackBook
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#MichaelCohen #Predicts Exact #MAGA ‘#Frenzy’ #Stunt #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump Will Pull On #Election #Night.
But the former longtime #Trump #attorney #argued it wasn’t actually a #cause for #concern.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-cohen-election-day-prediction_n_671f6476e4b0a55cb4cda629
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UH OH! Trump Makes A FOOL OF HIMSELF During Interview With Fox - https://youtu.be/VG4FeZogEOE?si=KJtdERUTAl7GKlp2 #USPolitics #vote #vote2024 #2024vote #2024Election #election2024 #DumpTrump #podcast #podcasts #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Harris_Walz2024 #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #MeidasTouch #MeidasTouchNews #MichaelCohen #MeidasTouchPodcast #TMCS #TheMichaelCohenShow #LauraIngraham
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In May, #Trump was convicted on 34 counts of having #FalsifiedBusinessRecords in connection w/a #HushMoney payment to his ex-fixer #MichaelCohen made to adult film actress #StormyDaniels so she would keep her story of an affair w/Trump… a secret until after the 2016 presidential election.[#ElectionInterference]
The #GagOrder once prevented Trump from attacking key witnesses — like Cohen & Daniels — & jurors, but the judge partially lifted the order after the trial’s conclusion.
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More from NYmag, highlighted by #Maddow.
#Trump’s dark political motives aside, he’s probably not someone White should take moneymaking advice from. One of Trump’s many failed business ventures prior to running for president was the #MMA co #Affliction Entertainment, which tried to challenge #UFC’s PPV dominance in 2008. #MichaelCohen was the COO. It ran out of money & folded after hosting only 2 events.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-suggests-migrants-should-fight-for-sport.html -
Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-trial-hush-money-verdict #DonaldTrumptrials #USelections2016 #StormyDaniels #MichaelCohen #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Worldnews #UScrime #NewYork #USnews
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Court reporters now read the 4th & final portion of #testimony that jurors asked to hear: #MichaelCohen’s recounting of that same #TrumpTowerMeeting.
Cohen’s testimony matches Pecker’s account closely. #Pecker testified that he had said he would be #Trump’s “eyes & ears” & watch out for negative stories. Cohen recalls him saying he would “keep an eye out for anything negative.”
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#Pecker testified that he recommended that #Trump buy #KarenMcDougal’s story. The portion of #testimony ends before the #jury hears what comes next. Pecker testified that #MichaelCohen called him back & told him to buy McDougal’s story on Trump's behalf.
Jurors heard the portion of Pecker's testimony when he said he believed the story of Trump having had an affair w/McDougal was true, & would be embarrassing to Trump.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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This #testimony is good for the prosecution.
David #Pecker testified that #Trump acknowledged speaking to #MichaelCohen about the issue & acknowledged knowing #KarenMcDougal, one of the women who was eventually paid to keep quiet during the 2016 campaign about her story of having had an affair w/ Trump.
“Karen is a nice girl,” Trump said on this call, according to Pecker’s testimony.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
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Justice #Merchan explains that the #law considers #MichaelCohen an #accomplice “because there is #evidence that he participated in a #crime based upon conduct involved in the allegations here against the defendant.”
🚨He tells the jurors that “even if you find the testimony of Michael Cohen to be believable, you may not convict the defendant solely upon that testimony, unless you also find that it was corroborated by other evidence” connecting #Trump w/the crime.
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The defense really struggled. But all it takes is one juror.
'Trump’s lawyers routinely overstepped in court, even earning a rebuke from the judge during their summation on Tuesday for improperly suggesting jurors could not send a man “to prison” based on the word of a notorious liar like #MichaelCohen.“You know that making a comment like that is highly inappropriate. It's simply not allowed,” Justice #Merchan said, calling the remark “outrageous.”
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-recap?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
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#Steinglass moves to #MichaelCohen’s guilty plea to federal crimes. When #Hoffinger questioned Cohen about the pleas, she asked if he’d committed #crimes at Trump’s behest. Cohen said that he had.
Steinglass reads portions of that testimony aloud, before pivoting to #Trump’s tweets blasting Cohen right after he pleaded guilty.
Steinglass argues the tweets were a message to other witnesses. “Cooperate, & you will face the wrath of Donald Trump.”
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#Steinglass points out #MichaelCohen could have told whoppers about #Trump or attributed far more damaging comments to him. Steinglass says that Cohen didn’t do any of that “because he’s limited by what actually happened.”
#Steinglass reframes Cohen for the #jury. “Michael Cohen was really more of the defendant's #fixer than his #lawyer,” he says, calling Cohen “the guy w/the boots on the ground that could #bully people & #threaten them w/lawsuits.”
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And there it is, #Merchan signifies he’s losing patience w/ Bove as he continues to argue a decided issue. Bove insists it’s important, & generously Merchan gives him another chance to speak. But now Merchan repeats his previous decisions on the issue above is harping on, namely that #MichaelCohen was #Trump’s atty when the charged conduct took place.
[this should not be an issue in any court. It’s called #TheCrimeFraudException to
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Prosecutor #Colangelo argues that “acting in concert w/someone” is separate from the concept of “cause” & is not redundant.
(That actually helps, so maybe it should be in the #JuryInstructions, right?)
Defense may lose a key argument:
They wanted jurors to be told that they HAD TO find #Trump had some #intent to enter the #conspiracy w/ David #Pecker ( #NationalEnquirer) & #MichaelCohen. -
#Hoffinger, in a brief, final series of questions & answers, again confirms that #RobertCostello was never officially hired as #MichaelCohen’s lawyer. Costello steps down from the witness stand.
Justice #Merchan turns to the #jury & explains the upcoming schedule. Closing arguments will take a day & his instructions to them afterward will take at least an hour.
Court will be adjourned, for jurors, until a week from today.
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#Hoffinger’s final question is an accusation: whether #RobertCostello’s testimony to Congress was meant to #intimidate #MichaelCohen as he testified in this trial. Costello asked her to repeat the question & then denied the accusation. “No,” he said. “Ridiculous.”
#Trump atty #Bove, is on redirect. Costello testifies that Cohen said in April 2018 that he would be “eternally grateful” for the help & guidance that Costello had given him in those difficult days.
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#RobertCostello answers “no” when asked if he has animosity toward #MichaelCohen 😂. #Hoffinger points out that Costello went to Washington last week to testify before Congress about Cohen, & made aggressive comments about him. Costello says he didn’t know his comments would be reported in the press [seriously?].
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#Hoffinger asks #RobertCostello if an email in which he offers to provide a “back channel” between #Trump & #MichaelCohen “speaks for itself” [Costello used the phrase while #mansplaining to her yesterday].
Costello says it does not because there was more context, & offers to provide that context.
“That’s all right,” Hoffinger says, moving on to her next question. 😊
#misogyny #criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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#RobertCostello’s attitude is already *brusque* under cross-examination from #Hoffinger.
Hoffinger asks Costello about his relationship w/ #RudyGiuliani.
Costello confirms that he is close to #Giuliani & has known him for 50 yrs. Costello & his law firm recently sued Giuliani for unpaid legal bills.
👀 Hoffinger reads an email Costello sent to #MichaelCohen in which he described his relationship w/Giuliani as potentially being “very useful to you.”
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#RobertCostello attacks #Hoffinger as she questions him.
He keeps correcting her tiny misstatements, like when she described him as a fmr “chief” of a criminal division rather than a “deputy chief”.
He took issue w/her use of the term “raid” when she referred to the FBI executing a search warrant against #MichaelCohen.
He just instructed her to talk into the microphone.
Note: There are 5 women on the jury.
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#Hoffinger shows #RobertCostello an email he sent to his own son. The email says “I will be on the team,” & it quotes #MichaelCohen as saying that he would be “eternally grateful” to have him.
Costello told his son that he did not know when the announcement would be made. His son responded: "Wow. That’s big news. Congrats Dad. I hope this leads to a lot of good things coming your way.”
[oops]
#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #MobTactics
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#RobertCostello pauses before he answers even the simplest questions from prosecutor #Hoffinger. She asks if #MichaelCohen, as the president’s lawyer, would have been a high-profile client for him. “Would it be a big win for you & your firm?” Hoffinger asks. “I would say no,” Costello responds. Hoffinger asks Costello if he would announce Cohen as a client on his website. Costello says he’s not sure what the firm would do.
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Susan #Hoffinger is a former defense lawyer & therefore is comfortable w/ cross-examination [unlike #Blanche]. She grills #RobertCostello about what he told #MichaelCohen as he was seeking to provide #legal advice. She says that Costello extolled his famous clients in an email to Cohen.
Costello insists that it was his partner, Jeff Citron, who had the relationship w/Cohen, & he met w/him because his partner made the arrangement. “It was Jeff Citron’s client, not mine,” he says.
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#RobertCostello’s is showing his obvious dislike of #MichaelCohen.
He testifies that w/respect to #StormyDaniels, Cohen said “numerous times” that #Trump “knew nothing about those payments, that he did this on his own.”
Prosecutor #Hoffinger objects to many of Emil #Bove's questions, often being sustained by #Merchan.Costello is ignoring the judge’s rulings, so Justice Merchan warned him directly to wait for a ruling before answering.
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Prosecutor Susan #Hoffinger asks about the effect #MichaelCohen’s involvement w/ #Trump & this case has had on him.
“My entire life has been turned upside down,” Cohen says.
Cohen is saying he lost his #law license as a result, & that he blames Trump in part for that.
Hoffinger's redirect of Cohen is done.
#Blanche, the defense lawyer, is questioning Cohen again, & is drilling down on Cohen’s #guilty pleas to #crimes that were UNRELATED to Trump.
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#Hoffinger returns to what prosecutors say are #crimes. She asks if the $420k that #MichaelCohen received in 2017 — the reimbursement for the #HushMoney, additional money to cover taxes, a reimbursement for the payment to the tech company, RedFinch, & a bonus — had anything to do w/ #legal services.
Cohen: “No.”
Hoffinger emphasizes that the financial documents connected to the payments were false, because they said the payments were in exchange for legal services.
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“Are you actually on trial here in this case?” #Hoffinger asks #MichaelCohen. “No,” he says. Through her questions, Hoffinger makes an obvious point — that the defense sought to make Cohen look like a #criminal. But ultimately, the jurors aren’t here to judge Cohen’s criminality. They are here to judge #Trump.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#Hoffinger goes back to how #MichaelCohen was treated by the #Trump team. A complicating factor w/both Cohen & #StormyDaniels is they have multiple motives, & prosecutors have been telling the cleanest versions of their stories which makes it easy for the defense to pick at. However, the Trump team is essentially asking the #jury to believe everyone around Trump was acting shadily except for the shadiest of all – Trump.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#MichaelCohen testifies that #Trump approved his false 2018 statement about whether or not Cohen decided to pay #StormyDaniels of his own volition. As a bonus, Susan #Hoffinger, the prosecutor, has Cohen confirm that one of Trump’s lawyers at the time was aware of the statement & texted him to tell him that Trump was grateful for all he did.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney
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After defense’s cross-examination, it’s notable how streamlined prosecution's argument is. #Hoffinger asks #MichaelCohen about his 2018 statement that he was not reimbursed for the #HushMoney by the #TrumpCampaign. Cohen says it was misleading because he was paid by #Trump himself.
After a long sidebar, the judge gives what’s called a “limiting instruction” about some of Cohen’s testimony that “the payment in question does not constitute a campaign contribution.”
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#MichaelCohen explains the intricacies of his decision to steal the money, saying that he had originally been in negotiations to pay the owner of RedFinch $50k, & after he paid them less, he never corrected that amount when telling the TrumpOrganization what he was owed. “I just felt it was almost like self-help,” he says (#criminal’s always feel entitled). #Hoffinger, the prosecutor, asks him whether it was wrong to steal the money & he agrees that it was.
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Prosecutor #Hoffinger is on redirect.
She begins w/the 24 Oct 2016 phone call that Blanche suggested Cohen had lied about.
#MichaelCohen reasserts that he spoke to #Trump that day, & told him he had determined how to pay #StormyDaniels.
Hoffinger notes that Cohen was busy in Oct 2016, when the #HushMoney payment was made. She asks Cohen if he was always busy. He agrees that he was.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#Blanche asks, “You stole from the #TrumpOrganization, right?” referring to #MichaelCohen being repaid more than what he was owed.
Cohen: “Yes, sir.”
#Trump shakes his head at the defense table when Cohen makes this admission.
Jurors have heard Cohen has lied to Congress, tax authorities & on the witness stand. Now they’ve learned he stole from the #TrumpOrg.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
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#Blanche is now asking #MichaelCohen about meeting w/people ahead of his public testimony before a #House panel in 2019. He asks him about meeting w/ #DanGoldman, then a House investigator & now a congresssman in NY. Then he jumps back to Oct 2016 & #StormyDaniels.
Blanche is skipping around again. He started by speaking about 2024, then went back ~5yrs, to 2019, & is now back in 2016, right before he made the #HushMoney payment to Daniels.
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The new #TrumpTrial schedule provides the #jury w/less of an interruption between closeting arguments & deliberations, allowing jurors to hear the defense & prosecution summations, the judge’s legal instructions, & then begin their deliberations w/it all fresh in mind.
#Hoffinger, one of the prosecutors, is addressing some exhibits that #Trump defense wants to enter into #evidence. One relates to comms between #MichaelCohen & his lawyer, Jeff Citron, about another lawyer, Bob Costello.
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Haberman — just another Trump campaign branch, like Pecker.
#Trump #ElectionCampaignFinanceCrime #ElectionInterference #TheNewYorkTimes #JournalisticEthics #JournalisticStandards #Media #Haberman #MichaelCohen #USElections #Corruption -
Prosecutors now have 3 days to prepare re-direct, when they will seek to build #MichaelCohen back up & refocus the jurors on the most important elements of their case & the actual charges for which they’ve presented mountains of evidence regardless of whether Cohen is a liar or not.
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#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal #NodFarter -
#Blanche is trying to cast doubt on #MichaelCohen’s account, saying it was the first time he had mentioned the call.
Prosecutor #Hoffinger objects again, & asks to approach.
After the sidebar conversation w/the judge, Emil #Bove, one of Trump's lawyers, returns to the defense table, sits down & whispers something to #Trump who shakes his head & scowls.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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The Manhattan DA investigator #MichaelCohen was texting, Jeremy Rosenberg, was reportedly taken off the case after becoming close w/Cohen. #Blanche asks Cohen about the texts, but Prosecutor Susan #Hoffinger asked for a mid-cross #VoirDire, to question Cohen about the #evidence.
When she established that the texts had been taken out of context, she called for a #sidebar. Her objection was sustained, so Blanche is prevented from doing whatever he was trying to do.
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#MichaelCohen has been called back to the stand. The jury to be brought in.
#Trump atty Todd #Blanche continues cross-examination.
Blanche asks about texts between Cohen & the DA’s office.Cohen agrees that texts shown w/ DA investigator are from around same time that he told a grand jury he was going to hold Trump accountable.
We are now on our third sidebar today.
#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #GagOrder #StochasticTerrorism #NodFarter
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#TrumpTrial 🧵 Thursday 16 May 2024
Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.
#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #StormyDaniels
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#Blanche tries, for a 2nd time, to contrast #MichaelCohen’s inability to recall his conversations w/prosecutors to his very clear recollection of the important conversations w/ #Trump.
Blanche reviews Cohen’s #criminal history & his 2 separate pleas to federal #crimes, the 1st in Aug 2018 & the 2nd in Nov. In the 2nd, he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress.
[#NodFarter is sleeping again]
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
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#Blanche turns to Aug 2018, when #MichaelCohen decided to cooperate w/the special counsel who was investigating the Trump campaign's possible ties to #Russia.
Cohen is asked about the infamous #SteeleDossier, a compendium of opposition research put together by various people looking to stop Trump in 2016, filled w/salacious allegations. At the time, Cohen was enraged about allegations about him that were in there, which he said were false.
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As #MichaelCohen testifies, #Trump has dropped his head repeatedly & appears to be struggling to stay awake. #NodFarter
Blanche asks Cohen questions about the properties he has owned in Trump buildings. Prosecutors told a story about Cohen loving Trump until he felt he was betrayed in 2018. Blanche emphasizes that indeed there was a time when Cohen was devoted to Trump.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics