He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Nada tawfik was at the trial in new york and gave us this update. Michael cohen and his testimony is crucial to this case, prosecutors hope that the conversation that Michael Cohen are shared between him and donald trump directly tie his former boss to the Hush Money Payments and to the allegations that trump falsified business records. Michael cohen testified that everything was done with mr trumps sign off, he said the donald trump even ran for president , he warned Michael Cohen to be prepared for negative stories that a lot of women would come forward. When they eventually did, Michael Cohen says the Stormy Daniels story was one he feared could be c
Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said hed take a bullet for the fomer president , today took the stand as a Star Witness For The Prosecution in mr trumps hush money trial. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. I asked her about the latest on what Michael Cohen has been saying at
Its six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york where Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has been hearing from the key prosecution witness, Michael Cohen. He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Our North America editor sarah smith reports. The star witness for the prosecution is also their biggest problem. Hes been to prison for telling lies to congress so why should thejury believe him now . Do you plan on telling the truth . Rude and loud mouthed, hes already been called a bully and a jerk in this trial. And he frequently attacks donald trump online. Even thejudge has asked him to stop it. Trumpism is fascism, and we must eradicate it from our body politic. Donald trump
Uk actionline. This is bbc news, the headlines. A crucial day in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. His former lawyer Michael Cohen admits he lied to getjobs done for his former boss and intimidated reporters on the former president s behalf. The uk government says it will appeal against a ruling by a Belfast Court that parts of the rwanda policy should not apply in Northern Ireland. The bbc sees new evidence that the British Government was warned by its embassy in washington as long ago as the 1980s about the risks from contaminated american blood products. Turning now to a potential setback in the uk governments plan, to detain and remove Asylum Seekers to rwanda. Ajudge sitting in the high court in belfast has ruled it should not apply to Northern Ireland. Mrjustice humphreys ruled in favour of a challenge to the act saying that the law breaches Human Rights Protections guaranteed under post brexit arrangements. Rishi sunak has said the decision will not change the rwanda p
Being considered a brighter day than today, where as for of the of the eastern coasts we will see cloud and rain, Rain Lingeren on the north coast. Northern scotland will see sunshine, that may be where we have a the highest temperatures, but generally speaking 16 20 still not bad going for this time of year, now that slow moving Weather Front still just about in place on wednesday, cloud and some rain in northern england, the Odd Sharp Shower in the south west of scotland. 23 in the highlands, as we head through wednesday, low pressure in charge of things this week but tending to slip southwards as we head towards the end of the week, so across the northern half of the uk, there will still be a decent amount of dry weather, temperatures, parts of scotland, particularly still getting up scotland, particularly still getting up into the low 20, further south i think there be more in the way of shower, some of those on the heavy side but still bright spells in between and not feeling too