Michael Cohen testified against Trump
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, testified against the former president in a trial related to the payment of hush money to an immoral movie actor. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency
, Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen testified against the ex-president at yesterday’s court hearing on the payment of hush money to the actress Stormy Daniels.
He testified in court that Donald Trump personally approved the payment of $130,000 hush money to Daniels before the 2016 election.
Cohen stated during the meeting that Trump told him to do it and ordered him to find the best way to pay the amount. So that no one will notice it.
He clarified that everything needed to be approved by Mr. Trump and he personally ordered the payment.
Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to violating federal campaign finance laws by paying Daniels hush money and testifying that Trump directly He said to do it. This is despite the fact that the federal prosecutors have not accused Trump of any crime in this case.
Cohen’s testimony is scheduled to continue today.
According to Trump’s right to remain silent case, New York prosecutors announced that Trump Before the 2016 election, he asked his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to pay $130,000 in hush money for his sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels, and then falsified the payment documents to show this figure as legal fees.
While Trump has denied any relationship with Daniels. The real name of this actress is Stephanie Clifford. This case indicts former President Donald Trump for contempt of court and for disobeying a court order not to Disclosing the details of his case, fined 10 thousand dollars.
The judge in the case warned if Trump violates the media ban If he continues in this case, he will be imprisoned. In order to prevent Trump’s intimidation and criticism against witnesses and other people involved in this case, the judge had previously issued a ban on media and public comments about this case..
Meanwhile, after the end of yesterday’s session, Trump called the judge corrupt because it has hindered his election activities.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump is currently facing multiple criminal charges: attempting to overturn the 2020 election results and his supporters’ attack on the Capitol in January 2021, keeping classified documents at his Florida villa after leaving the White House, The right to silence an immoral film actor, and an attempt to change the results of an election in the state of Georgia. He is also involved in fraud and financial charges. In addition, the former American president is facing a case of paying damages to a writer who accused him of sexual assault.
But Trump does any wrongdoing in He considers the rejection of these cases and the filing of these accusations only with political motivation and with the aim of excluding him from the 2024 election contest.
If Trump is again president The president-elect can apply for a pardon for any federal charges against him.
While in early March, Joe Biden and Donald Trump managed to Democrats and Republicans have won the nominations for the 2024 presidential election in the United States, so that the first confrontation between the two election candidates in the last 70 years will take place in the history of this country.
In the latest survey about the US presidential election, “Joe Biden”, the current president of this country, is in 5 of 6 key states with a slightly lower margin than his rival from the Republican Party, “Donald Trump”. =”background-color:white”>.
Donald Trump in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and Georgia He has performed better than his Democratic rival. >.
The US presidential election will be held on November 5, 2024.
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