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Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Michael Cohen on hush money scheme: ‘Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer-turned-accuser, testifies against his former boss

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Michael Cohen says Trump warned him in 2015 to prepare for bad stories from women

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, leaves the District Attorney's office in New York, March 13, 2023. Cohen is prosecutors' most central witness in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. But Trump's fixer-turned-foe is also as challenging a star witness as they come. The now-disbarred lawyer has a tortured history with Trump. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

By Jennifer Peltz and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Cohen was once a fierce Trump ally, but now he's a key prosecution witness against his former boss in the Trump hush money trial. Cohen worked for the Trump Organization from 2006 to 2017. He later went to federal prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations relating to the hush-money arrangements and other, unrelated crimes. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Michael Cohen considers congressional run over frustration about congestion pricing

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen leaves a lower Manhattan building after meeting with prosecutors, Friday, March 10, 2023, in New York. Cohen can’t hold his former boss, ex-president Donald Trump, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Prosecutors set to call Michael Cohen as make-or-break witness in Trump trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Stormy Daniels, center, exits the courthouse at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Porn actor Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006, among other things. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Defense portrays Stormy Daniels as a money-hungry author of sex stories at Trump trial

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, leaves the District Attorney's office in New York on March 13, 2023. Trump is set to stand trial Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York on state charges related to the very sex scandal that he and his aides strove to hide. Many details of the case have been public since 2018, when federal prosecutors charged Cohen with campaign finance crimes in connection with a scheme to bury Stormy Daniels' claims, and other potentially damaging stories from Trump's playboy past. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Perjury questions dog Michael Cohen ahead of Trump trial testimony

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Stormy Daniels arrives at an event in Berlin, on Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy Daniels is expected to appear at Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday

By MIchael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker and Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump attends trial at Manhattan Criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Ex-Trump Organization accountant testifies about efforts to repay Michael Cohen

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings for his trial at the Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in New York. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Michael Cohen hasn’t taken the stand in Trump’s hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words

By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz, Philip Marcelo and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump inside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2 2024. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

Defense tries to separate Trump from Michael Cohen-led payments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)

N.Y. judge cracks down on Trump with fine, jail threat for gag order violations

By Tom Howell Jr. and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)

Banker testifies about ‘urgent’ request from Michael Cohen in October 2016

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump, left, watches as David Pecker answers questions on the witness stand, far right, from Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steingless, in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) ** FILE **

National Enquirer exec told Trump’s lawyer to buy Stormy Daniels story

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecutors in Trump trial link National Enquirer payoff scheme to ‘the boss’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former president Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. Before testimony resumes Tuesday, the judge will hold a hearing on prosecutors' request to sanction and fine Trump over social media posts they say violate a gag order prohibiting him from attacking key witnesses. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

Former Enquirer chief: Trump and I had secret deal to protect 2016 campaign

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)

‘Catch-and-kill’ strategy to be a focus as testimony resumes in Trump hush money case

Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump waits for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. Before testimony resumes Tuesday, the judge will hold a hearing on prosecutors' request to sanction and fine Trump over social media posts they say violate a gag order prohibiting him from attacking key witnesses. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)

Judge loses patience with Trump lawyer during gag-order hearing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks next to his attorney Todd Blanche, at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump is ‘not on the hook’ for alleged hush money misdeeds, defense says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times