The Business Records Case Against Trump Wasn’t Some Legal Confection: I’ve studied corporate crime for years; business and campaign finance crimes often overlap.
Michael Cohen
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Trump’s Payoff to Stormy Was the Best $130,000 He Ever Spent
Could Teflon Don lose his grip on a third of the country because 12 twelve ordinary Americans did their duty, even the one who said he gets all his news from Truth Social? When Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of masterminding a scheme, it exposed him for all to see as a […]
Posted inJonathan Alter's Trump Trial Diary
Trump Trial, Day 21: The Critical Closing Arguments
Todd Blanche and Joshua Steinglass try to sum it up for the jury–and us.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Sordid Case Goes to the Jury
By James D. Zirin It is the 21st day of trial in New York during the 22nd week of the year. It is a historic trial, perhaps the trial of the century—the first ever of a former president charged with criminal conduct. The prosecution’s case is that documents were falsified to make it appear that […]
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Trump Trial, Day 20: Hoffinger Slices Up Costello on Cross
The prosecution ends on a high note as we head to closing arguments.
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Day 19: Trump Stumbles Near the Finish Line of the Hush Money Trial
Cohen survives cross, and a late defense witness disrespects the judge.
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Trump Trial, Day 18: Cohen Crushed on Cross
This was Trump’s best day of the trial. But will it be enough to get him off?
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Trump Trial, Day 17: Cohen Goes Deeper and Survives Early Cross
Trump Trial, Day 17: Cohen Goes Deeper and Survives Early Cross.
Plus, Trump uses courthouse guests to trash the judicial system.
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Trump Trial, Day 16: On Direct, Cohen Lands Some Big Blows
For the first two weeks of this trial, we’ve heard one constant theme: a play on Ray Romano’s old TV show Everybody Hates Michael. It wasn’t just Donald Trump’s defense team that trashed Michael Cohen at every opportunity. The prosecution encouraged a few witnesses to take shots at the former Trump Organization attorney and fixer […]
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Day 15: Trump Misfires in Bid For Mistrial
A compelling exchange when the jury was out of the room.
