Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility Michael Cohen on Thursday, casting him as embittered and bent on revenge against his former boss
Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility Michael Cohen on Thursday, casting him as embittered and bent on revenge against his former bossDonald Trump’s lawyer has accused his former attorney Michael Cohen of lying about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with the former US president about a hush money payment to a porn star shortly before the 2016 election.
His lawyer, Todd Blanche, said a phone conversation described by Mr Cohen was about harassment from a prank caller and not, as the star witness had asserted in previous testimony, a payment to Ms Daniels.“No sir I can’t, because I am not certain that is accurate,” Mr Cohen responded. He said he believed that he spoke with Mr Trump’s then-bodyguard Keith Schiller about the harassment and also spoke briefly with Mr Trump about the payment.
He told them that Mr Cohen had previously lied to Congress and to the US Justice Department and had lied in court as well. He pointed out that Mr Cohen had privately sought a pardon from Mr Trump while publicly saying he would not accept one. Their chats included one in the White House Oval Office when Mr Trump was president in 2017, Mr Cohen said.Mr Cohen carries baggage as a witness. He has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the Ms Daniels payment, and has admitted that he lied repeatedly about the Ms Daniels scandal.
Prosecutors say the altered records covered up election-law and tax-law violations – since the money was essentially an unreported contribution to Mr Trump’s campaign – that elevate the crimes from misdemeanors to felonies punishable by up to four years in prison. Prosecutors say the reimbursement payments were falsely labeled as legal expenses in the Trump Organisation’s records to conceal the Ms Daniels payoff, which they say violated US election campaign finance law.
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