Insider Knowledge from Michael Cohen in Trump’s Hush Money Trial

After a decade of loyalty, Michael Cohen decided to turn on Donald Trump following a guilty plea in 2018 for federal charges, including a payment to Stormy Daniels and other crimes. Manhattan prosecutors are using Cohen as a star witness in the case against Trump related to the illegal payment to influence the 2016 election. Trump’s defense is working to portray Cohen as a Trump-obsessed media hound driven by personal animus. Cohen testified in detail about Trump’s involvement in the hush money scheme, but prosecutors also painted him as a longtime Trump loyalist who committed crimes on behalf of the former president. Cohen ultimately decided to turn on Trump after his family convinced him that loyalty to him was detrimental.

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