Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen testified at his former boss’s criminal trial in New York on Monday, saying he personally approved a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Two top House Republicans are urging the Justice Department to investigate whether Michael Cohen committed perjury when he testified before a congressional committee in 2019.
Former President Trump was fined $10,000 on Wednesday for violating a gag order for a second time, and he later stormed out of the courtroom with Secret Service agents in tow.
Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges she had an affair with former President Trump, met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating a hush money payment she received ahead of the 2016 election.
The Justice Department’s inspector general has notified lawmakers that he will examine how the Trump administration handled the prison terms of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
The criticism of Attorney General William Barr continues as an increasing number of legal experts say he has turned his back on his responsibilities to represent the best interests of the U.S.
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former longtime attorney and self-described fixer, will be released from prison early over concerns that the coronavirus will continue to sweep through jails.
President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and so-called fixer Michael Cohen exchanged hundreds of phone calls and text messages with a Russian-linked firm beginning on Election Day in 2016.
