According to US media reports, Michael Cohen appeared before a so-called grand jury in Manhattan on Monday to discuss details of Trump’s role in the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
In the United States, a jury decides whether to indict a case after the prosecution has presented evidence. American media assumes that this will happen to Trump in the coming days. He would be the first former US president to be charged with a crime.
The case allegedly involves hush money payments to two women: model Karen McDougal and porn star Daniels. Daniels says he had sex with Trump in 2006. According to his own statements, his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, who has since left him, paid her hush money on Trump’s behalf in 2016 to avoid harm from his boss in the presidential election campaign. Trump and his lawyers have issued payment, but deny that Trump has anything to do with the actress.
Cohen pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court in 2018, including violating campaign finance laws for paying Daniel’s hush money. He was convicted in December 2018.
Cohen has worked for Trump for more than a decade and has been a central figure in several cases involving the president. He was often described as Trump’s “cleaner” until the two parted ways. In court and in Congress, Cohen made serious accusations against the president. In a court case, he would be the key witness to impeach Trump. (sda/dpa)
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