Michael Cohen once said he'd "take a bullet for Trump". Now he's taking the stand to help those trying to convict him.
fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, has characterised his celebrity client as a hands-on manager and said he sometimes lied for him and bullied others on his behalf.
Cohen is expected to testify about his role in arranging hush money payments on Trump's behalf during his first presidential campaign, including tothat the US$130,000 that she received in 2016 was meant to prevent her from going public about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump in a hotel suite a decade earlier.
Cohen testified that Trump wanted to be updated immediately on any developments in the tasks he assigned. Defence lawyers have teed up a bruising cross-examination of Cohen, telling jurors during opening statements that he's an "admitted liar" with an "obsession to get President Trump". After Cohen's home and office were raided by the FBI in 2018, Trump showered him with affection on social media, praising him as a "fine person with a wonderful family" and predicting — incorrectly — that Cohen would not "flip".
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