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Whether Mr. Trump directly ordered Cohen to pay hush-money to Stormy Daniels is key to the prosecution’s case. The defense worked hard to poke holes in Cohen’s story about a crucial phone call.
Robert Costello, who advised Cohen in 2018 as he came under enormous pressure from prosecutors, told a Congressional committee that Cohen lied when he claimed Trump was personally involved in the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels.
The cross-examination followed Mr. Cohen describing to prosecutors the breakdown of his long relationship with Mr. Trump. ‘I would not lie for President Trump any longer,’ he said, after his apartment was raided.
Cohen also told the jury about his anger at being passed over for White House chief of staff.
As President Trump watched in the courtroom, the former president’s longtime fixer described his role in brokering payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
Prosecutors told the judge, Juan Merchan, that they have been unable to control Cohen, who’s been regularly denouncing Mr. Trump.
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