Point, Michael Cohen had a light bulb go off, and in recent times, tried to behave a little bit better and maybe thats whats reflected in the kinder document thats been filed by the Special Counsel. All right. Thanks so much. Our cnn coverage continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Im wolf blitzer. We welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Were following breaking news. We have just received two major filings involving the former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. One from the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, and another from federal prosecutors in new york. And were awaiting another mueller filing pertaining to former Trump Campaign chairman, paul manafort. Theres lots of news thats breaking right now, significant
developments. I quickly want to go to our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. Evan, like all of us, youve been going through these filings. Give our viewers the headlines. What are you findin out . Well, wolf, this is a tale of two documents of
donald trump could have conceded the affair and likely had it been any other defendant he would have conceded, and i think a fair is a polite word. it really is a one-time sexual encounter. jurors ultimately did not believe that didn t take place. daniels was clear in her testimony. and the problem the defense confronts in this situation is when lawyers have a client who will not face the facts of the case and let them craft a defense that takes into account the facts that are going to be established in court. trump s lawyers could have focused on whether or not he was aware of the repayment scheme after conceding that relationship existed and could have come off a lot more credibly in front of the jury, but because from step one they were forced to take positions the jury that frankly could not credit they ended up in a bad position at the end.
A former Democratic lawmaker filed a lawsuit Wednesday over a $22,000 penalty he incurred as part of his 2021 censure for allegedly lying about a sexual encounter with an intern and retaliating against the House employee who reported it. Wiley Price, a St. Louis Democrat who lost his bid for re-election in 2022, is demanding […] The post Former legislator sues Missouri House over punishment doled out as part of his censure appeared first on Missouri Independent.
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The high-stakes trial requires Trump to report to the drafty Manhattan courtroom multiple times a week, restricting his time on the campaign trail less than seven months before his likely election rematch with President Joe Biden.
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