Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has told the court he regrets lying for the former president on his second day of testimony.
Cohen, who is Mr Trump's former fixer and now the prosecution's star witness, spent about nine hours on the witness stand on Monday and Tuesday answering prosecutors' questions.In detail, he testified that Mr Trump ordered him to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 to stay quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter, lest it torpedo his presidential campaign.
Prosecutors say Mr Trump paid Cohen back after the election by creating false records indicating they were for legal fees. Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger walked Cohen through a series of invoices and cheques — some signed by Mr Trump himself — that Cohen said were falsely marked as paying to retain him for legal services.Cohen, 57, said he lied multiple times to Congress during an investigation into Mr Trump's Russia ties, eventually pleading guilty to perjury.
It all added up to a "pressure campaign" to keep Cohen in line, he said. But he eventually decided to cooperate after speaking with his family. While Cohen testified on Tuesday, a mid-level appeals court denied Mr Trump's latest effort to throw out a gag order that Mr Trump asserted violated his right to free speech.On Monday, Cohen said Mr Trump approved multiple payments to keep damaging sex-scandal stories out of the public eye.Michael Cohen says Donald Trump was worried about the impact of Stormy Daniels' story on his White House bid.In October 2016, Cohen said, he learned Ms Daniels was shopping her story to tabloids.
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