Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay
New York prosecutors have urged a judge to start Donald Trumpโs hush money criminal trial April 15, saying defense requests for further delays or dismissal of the case because of a last-minute evidence dump are a โred herring.โ.
Judge says Michael Cohen may have committed perjury, refuses to end his probation early
A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump's claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar.
'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules
The infamous โAccess Hollywoodโ video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former presidentโs hush-money criminal trial.
Donald Trump wanted trial delays, and he's getting them. Hush-money case is latest to be put off
Delays in Donald Trumpโs criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing.
Prosecutors say they're open to delaying Donald Trump's March 25 hush-money trial for a month
Prosecutors say theyโre open to delaying the start of Donald Trumpโs New York hush-money criminal trial to give the former presidentโs lawyers time to review evidence that was only recently turned over.
Donald Trump's lawyers fight DA's request for a gag order in his hush-money criminal case
Donald Trumpโs lawyers are warning that a gag order sought by New York prosecutors ahead of his March 25 hush-money criminal trial would amount to unconstitutional and unlawful prior restraint on the former presidentโs free speech rights.
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly sent AI-generated fake legal cases to his attorney
Former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge in New York.
As Trump tried to buy Buffalo, bankers doubted he'd get NFL's OK, emails show at fraud trial
Internal emails shown at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial reveal that when he tried to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014, investment bankers doubted the NFL would allow it but encouraged him to stay in the running.
Executive at Donald Trumpโs company says 'presidential premium' was floated to boost bottom line
Donald Trumpโs top corporate deputies considered adding a โpresidential premiumโ when calculating the value of his Trump Tower penthouse, Mar-a-Lago resort and other assets during his White House years.
Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here's what to know
New charges โ and a new defendant โ added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the 2020 election.
The Trump Organization and former fixer Michael Cohen settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills
Donald Trumpโs company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohenโs claims he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president.
Potential jurors share strong feelings about Trump ahead of trial over Michael Cohen's legal fees
Potential jurors in Michael Cohenโs civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization acknowledged strong feelings about former President Donald Trump and his family but also said their personal views wouldnโt prevent them from fairly evaluating the evidence.
Whoโs who in the Manhattan DAโs Donald Trump indictment
As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican.
Trump grand jury turns to other matters, done for the week
The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments turned to other matters on Thursday and is not scheduled to meet on Friday, delaying until next week at the earliest a vote on whether to indict the former president.
Officials are preparing security in case of Trump indictment
Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted in the coming weeks by a Manhattan grand jury and appear in a courtroom in an investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Ex-prosecutor's new book details fight over indicting Trump
As the Manhattan district attorneyโs office again ramps up its yearslong investigation of Donald Trump, a new book by a former prosecutor who once led the probe details just how close the former president came to getting indicted โ and laments friction with the new D.
Cohen says DA took phones for renewed Trump hush-money probe
Donald Trumpโs long-estranged former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, says Manhattan prosecutors recently took his cellphones to preserve evidence related to a hush-money payment he made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the waning weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Cohen meets Trump prosecutors amid renewed hush money probe
Donald Trumpโs former personal lawyer Michael Cohen says he met Tuesday for about 2ยฝ hours with Manhattan prosecutors, who are again investigating hush money payments he made to a porn star who said she had an extramarital affair with the former president.
Forbes editor says he testified before Trump grand jury
The editor of Forbes magazine says he testified Thursday before a grand jury hearing evidence in a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices, answering questions about a magazine article examining whether the former president inflated his wealth.
Judge: Trump company doesn't have to pay Cohenโs legal bills
Donald Trumpโs company wonโt have to pay hefty legal bills incurred by his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who became a vocal critic of the ex-president and went to prison after pleading guilty to tax and other crimes.
NY prosecutors interview Cohen an 8th time in Trump inquiry
Michael Cohen, former personal attorney for Donald Trump, arrives at the Manhattan District Attorney's office, Friday, March 19, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEW YORK โ Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was interviewed on Friday for an eighth time by New York prosecutors investigating the former president's finances. Cohen met with investigators at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office amid a swirl of new activity in the the criminal inquiry, including fresh subpoenas and face-to-face meetings with key witnesses. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. also is scrutinizing hush-money payments paid to women on Trumpโs behalf. AdHis office is now in possession of eight years of Trumpโs tax records after a lengthy legal battle.
Trump's taxes in hand, Manhattan DA's probe heats up
FILE - In this Friday Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., center, leaves Criminal Court in New York. New York prosecutors are asking new questions about former President Donald Trump's Seven Springs estate in Mount Kisco, N.Y., trying to determine whether the value of the century-old mansion was improperly inflated to reduce the former president's taxes. AdIn a recent interview with Cohen, investigators asked questions about Trump's Seven Springs estate as part of an inquiry into whether the value of the 213-acre Westchester County property was improperly inflated to reduce his taxes. AdโThe work continues,โ Vance wrote, echoing his short statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that he could have Trump's tax records. The amount was based on a professional appraisal that valued the full Seven Springs property at $56.5 million as of Dec. 1, 2015.
Claimed value of sleepy NY estate could come to haunt Trump
The Seven Springs, a property owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, is covered in snow, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Meyer's daughter, the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, was married at Seven Springs in 1940. The amount was based on a professional appraisal that valued the full Seven Springs property at $56.5 million as of Dec. 1, 2015. AdCohen testified that Trump had financial statements saying Seven Springs was worth $291 million as of 2012. Along with the mansion, Seven Springs has a Tudor-style home once owned by ketchup magnate H.J.
What NY prosecutors could learn from Trump's tax records
Vance Jr. fought for a year and a half to get access to former President Donald Trumps tax records. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)NEW YORK โ Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. fought for a year and a half to get access to former President Donald Trumpโs tax records. Whether Trump's records will contain evidence of a crime is uncertain. It isnโt clear, though, whether Trumpโs tax records will add much to that part of the probe. โThey'll look at the billings of attorneys to see what their expenses were for.โMonday's ruling does not ensure the public will see Trump's financial records.
Riot lawsuit just part of Trump's post-impeachment problems
The former "Apprentice" contestant is trying to get her defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump moving again now that he's no longer president. Federal prosecutors in Washington, meanwhile, have charged some 200 Trump supporters with crimes related to the riot, including more serious conspiracy charges. There has been no indication that Trump would be charged in the riot though prosecutors have said they are looking at all angles. The same U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan also appears to have moved on from its investigation of Trumpโs inaugural committee. Recently, her office has won a series of court rulings forcing Trumpโs company and a law firm it hired to turn over troves of records.
Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, once foes, talk Trump
When Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, he remained "Individual-1" in the federal campaign finance crimes case against his former attorney, Michael Cohen. The prosecution stemmed from six-figure payments Cohen arranged to Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to keep them quiet during the campaign about alleged affairs with Trump. Federal prosecutors charged Cohen with skirting campaign contribution rules by arranging the hush-money payment to Daniels and a similar payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal. Cohen and Daniels are united not only in infamy but deep regret over Trump. โIโve been face to face with evil in the most intimate way,โ Daniels said.
What of 'Individual-1'? Feds' Trump campaign case is 'dead'
When Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, he remained "Individual-1" in the federal campaign finance crimes case against his former attorney, Michael Cohen. The prosecution stemmed from six-figure payments Cohen arranged to Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to keep them quiet during the campaign about alleged affairs with Trump. Trump himself had been publicly implicated by prosecutors as complicit in Cohen's campaign finance crimes during his 2016 run for office. The attorney spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors have not discussed the case publicly. The Manhattan prosecutorโs probe includes a look at the 2016 hush-money payoffs.
NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances
A bound edition about President Donald Trumps second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate _ former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)NEW YORK โ New York prosecutors conducted an hourslong interview Thursday of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, asking a range of questions about Trump's business dealings, according to three people familiar with the meeting. The interview, at least the second of Cohen by the Manhattan district attorney's office, comes amid a long-running grand jury investigation into Trump's business dealings. Vance has declined to provide specific details about the investigation, but pointed to news reports of what prosecutors described as โextensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization" in court filings. Jack Weisselberg, the son of Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, is a director of Ladder Capital.
Michael Cohen writes foreword for Trump impeachment book
A bound edition about President Donald Trumps second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate _ former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Skyhorse Publishing announced that The Second Impeachment Report" comes out Feb. 9. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)NEW YORK โ A bound edition of materials about President Donald Trump's second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate โ former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Skyhorse Publishing announced that โThe Second Impeachment Report: Materials in Support of H. Res. Cohen already has written a book about his falling out with Trump, the bestselling โDisloyal.โ In his foreword to the new book, he writes, โWe should never have to call Donald Trump โMr.
New law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption
FILE - This Thursday, June 6, 2019 file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. โIt required all kinds of shoe-leather investigating to identify who was really behind these shell companies,โ recalled Alonso. For the first time, shell companies will be required to provide the names of their owners or face stiff penalties and jail sentences. The information will be stored in a confidential database accessible to federal law enforcement and shared with banks who are often unwitting accomplices to international corruption. Box and a registered agent who is frequently a law firm dedicated to churning out companies in bulk.
New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort arrives in court in New York. President Trump's former campaign manager is to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges. Manafort, who led Trump's campaign during a pivotal period in 2016 before being ousted over his ties to Ukraine, was among the first people charged as part of Muellerโs investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Though the charges against Manafort did not concern the central thrust of Mueller's mandate โ whether the Trump campaign and Russia colluded to tip the election โ he was nonetheless a pivotal figure in the investigation. Trump and the elder Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.
Trump expected to flex pardon powers on way out door
WASHINGTON โ Advocates and lawyers anticipate a flurry of clemency action from President Donald Trump in the coming weeks that could test the limits of presidential pardon power. No, Mr. President, that would be a gross abuse of the presidential pardon authority,โ Schumer said. Trump then featured Johnson's story in a Super Bowl ad and pardoned her during this year's Republican National Convention. He has participated in several meetings at the White House during Trump's term as officials brainstormed potential changes to the formal clemency process. โFor those people that should be free," he said, Trump's friends-and-family approach to pardons is "a deep and real tragedy."
Ousted US prosecutor Berman hired by white-shoe NY law firm
NEW YORK โ Geoffrey S. Berman, the ousted federal prosecutor in Manhattan who led several investigations into President Donald Trump's allies, has been hired by a white-shoe law firm in New York. Berman will provide criminal defense in white-collar cases and work on complex commercial litigation at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, the firm announced Tuesday. The firm is โwell known for its cutting-edge counsel to top tier companies and high-profile individuals,โ Berman said in a statement. โI told the attorney general that I was not interested,โ Berman told the panel. Berman only agreed to step down over the summer after being assured Strauss would be in charge of the office.
Criminal probe, legal fights await Trump after White House
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington. The president's legal entanglements are likely to intensify when leaves the White House in January 2021 and loses immunity from prosecution. The probe led by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is one of several legal entanglements likely to intensify when Trump loses power โ and immunity from prosecution โ upon leaving the White House. Trump faces two New York state inquiries into whether he misled tax authorities, banks or business partners. Carroll says Trump raped her in the mid-1990s in a New York department store.
NY probes Trump consulting payments that reduced his taxes
FILE- In this June 13, 2017, file photo, Ivanka Trump joins her father, President Donald Trump, as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. If true, that wouldnโt necessarily pose a problem for Ivanka Trump herself, as long as she paid income tax on the consulting payments, which she reported publicly. The Times wrote that there was no indication Ivanka Trump is a target of either the state's or the city's investigation. James and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., both Democrats, are both conducting wide-ranging inquiries into Trump's business affairs. Vance has been involved in a long court battle seeking access to Trump's tax filings as part of the investigation.
Trump defied gravity; now falls back to earth, future TBD
WASHINGTON โ Donald Trump, who defied political gravity with his extraordinary rise from reality star and businessman to the presidency, has fallen back to earth. โEven in defeat, Donald Trump has exceeded expectations and helped other Republicans do the same,โ said GOP consultant Michael Steel, who has worked on Capitol Hill and for campaigns. โWhen Donald Trump loses there will never be a peaceful transition to power,โ said Trumpโs longtime lawyer and fixer-turned-critic Michael Cohen. Trumpโs eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has become a particular favorite with the presidentโs loyal supporters on the campaign trail, meaning the Trump name could endure. Many of Trumpโs supporters see his influence continuing.
Appeals court hears fight over Trump tax returns โ again
If the three-judge panel refuses to put a hold on the enforcement of the subpoena, Trumpโs lawyers will be forced to ask the Supreme Court to prolong the legal fight. Trumpโs lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. The Supreme Court in July ruled that the presidency in and of itself doesnโt shield Trump from the investigation, prompting Trumpโs lawyers to raise new objections and start the appellate process over again. Vance's office argued in court papers this week that there's โa mountainous recordโ of public allegations of misconduct to support its efforts to obtain Trumpโs tax returns, such as news reports alleging Trump or his companies inflated or minimized the value of assets for business and tax purposes. Even if Vance does get Trumpโs tax records, those would be part of a confidential grand jury investigation and not automatically be made public.
Trump lawyers: DA's fight for tax returns built on innuendo
Trump's lawyers maintain that the subpoena was issued in bad faith and is overly broad. โBut this is all misdirection,โ Trumpโs lawyers wrote. With its decision, the Supreme Court returned the case to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan so Trumpโs lawyers could seek to block the subpoena on other grounds. Trump has said he expects the case to return to the Supreme Court, making it unlikely the dispute will be resolved before the November election. Even if Vance does get Trumpโs tax records, those would be part of a confidential grand jury investigation and not automatically be made public.