Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, testified before a Manhattan grand jury investigating a hush money payment he has said he orchestrated to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of the former president
Trump has been given a chance to testify before the grand jury as a person subject to an investigation, Susan Necheles, an attorney for the former president, told Reuters last Thursday, a sign the grand jury may be close to deciding whether to bring criminal charges against him.Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023.
Cohen was sentenced to prison in 2018 in federal court in Manhattan for campaign finance violations tied to his arranging hush payments to Daniels and another woman during Trump's 2016 presidential run, among other crimes. "This is not revenge," Cohen, who has become a Trump foe, told reporters on Monday. "My goal is to tell the truth."
Davis, his lawyer, would not comment on the details of Cohen's testimony before the grand jury on Monday. But, he added, "I can say generally that Mr. Cohen sticks to the facts, and documents and materials that back up the facts. Any lawyer who deflects and engages in personal attacks must not have the facts on her side.""I did absolutely nothing wrong. I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels," he said on his Truth Social platform last week.
Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.Reporting by Karen Freifeld; additional reporting by Douglas Higginbotham; Editing by Noeleen Walder, Bill Berkrot and Leslie Adler
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