Michael Cohen testifies Trump directly involved in hush money payment and coverup

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Published 2024-05-13
On the stand Monday in the fourth week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial was the prosecution’s star witness, Michael Cohen. Trump’s former attorney and fixer testified that Trump directed him to pay adult film actress Stormy Daniels to bury her story on the eve of the 2016 election and was then involved in the coverup of those payments after he won. William Brangham reports.

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