Trump Fraud Trial - Live Updates From NYC Courtroom
Trump Fraud Trial - Live Updates From NYC Courtroom
Trump Fraud Trial - Live Updates From NYC Courtroom
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for against the ex-president. The former allies came face to face for the first time
the fraud trial in five
years Tuesday, as Cohen testified against Trump.
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Trump denied that he was referring to Judge Arthur Engoron's top law clerk when he made a comment
outside the courtroom that sparked a threat of "severe sanctions" from the jurist.
After leaving thecourtroom around 1:20 p.m. for the lunch break, Trump answered “no” when asked by
reporters whether he had violated the gag order issued by the judge earlier in the trial with his remark.
“No, not at all,” Trump said.
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During a break earlier in the day, Trump had said: “This judge is a very partisan judge with a person cancer
who’s very partisan alongside him, perhaps much more partisan than he is."
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Engoron said he interpreted has previously been warned
it as referring to his clerk -- whom Trump Kardashian copied her style: don’t ‘I
against disparaging -- and noted that he would be weighing whether the ex-president was in violation know if I’m on her mood board’
of the order barring him from making comments about court staff.
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Trump apparently won't stop taking shots at Judge Engoron's clerk, prompting
threat of 'severe sanctions'
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Judge Arthur Engoron threatened “severe sanctions” against Trump as he said the former president
may have violated the gag order against him -- again.
Trump spoke to reporters in the courthouse hallway, where he took shots at the judge and "a person
sitting beside him" as he returned from the morning break.
“This judge is a very partisan judge with a person who's very partisan alongside him, perhaps much
more partisan than he is,” Trump said.
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The $250M fraud case playing out in civil court in Manhattan is a bench trial — meaning the judge, not a jury, will
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Judge Arthur Engoron presides over the trial against former president Donald Trump, on Wednesday.
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“This recent statement, assuming the AP is correct, obviously was intentional,” the judge said when the
parties returned to court after the break Wednesday.
"I stated last time that a future violation would be severely punished … Why should there not be severe
sanctions for this blatant, dangerous disobeyal of a clear court order?”
He added: "I'm very protective of my staff, as I believe should be I ... I don’t want anybody killed."
Trump attorney Christopher Kise jumped in and said the comments were actually about Michael
Cohen, who is currently testifying at the civil fraud trial.
“Ibelieve he’s talking about Michael Cohen, who is even more partisan,” Kise said, acknowledging
Trump's team is “well aware” of the gag order Engoron imposed Oct. 3 after Trump took shots at
Greenfield online and baselessly dubbed her “Schumer’s girlfriend.”
Trump, who sat slouched back in his seat, was asked by the judge whom he was referring to but he did
not speak.
"Sitting alongside of him, sitting alongside of you, the way would normally interpret those words I is my
principal law clerk,” Engoron said, before noting he would take the issue under advisory.
3 hours ago
I still have 'animosity' toward Trump, Cohen says to his face
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
Cohen testified that he still has “animosity” toward Trump as his former boss stared him down from feet
away inside the courtroom.
Trump watches as his lawyer Alina Habba cross examines Michael Cohen in New York State Supreme Court in
Manhattan on Wednesday.
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Trump had no noticeable reaction to his former personal lawyer's statement, but has whispered to the
attorneys on both sides of him at the defense table at several points this morning.
Habba also suggested that Cohen may be upset at Trump because he did not receive a job at the
White House after Trump was elected president in 2016.
But Cohen said he was satisfied working as Trump's special counsel and self-described "fixer."
4 hours ago
Trump attorney gripes AG team isn't being 'respectful' in heated moment
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
Itcame after Kise sparred with the judge’s clerk Allison Greenfield, and questioned the intelligence of
Faherty, according to Law360.
4 hours ago
DidCohen avoid charges in fraud suit by giving AG 'road map' to investigate
Trump? 'You can ask Tish James,' he says
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
A testy exchange between one of Trump's attorneys and Michael Cohen prompted New York Attorney
General Letitia James to call out "Objection" from her seat in the courtroom gallery.
During cross-examination, Trump lawyer Alina Habba asked Cohen he had avoided being named as if
a defendant in the AG's $250 million lawsuit against his former boss by giving James a "road map" to
investigating the ex-president.
“I don’t know. You can ask Tish James,” Cohen quipped.
James then raised her hand and said "Objection" from her seat in the front row, drawing laughs from
some in the courtroom gallery.
4 hours ago
Donald Trump blasts former chief of staff Mark Meadows as he returns to
Manhattan court
By Kyle Schnitzer
Donald Trump blasted his former chief of staff Mark Meadows as he returned to Manhattan Supreme
Court Wednesday for his civil fraud trial — where Trump's ex-"fixer" Michael Cohen is testifying for the
second day.
Wearing a blue suit and blue tie, Trump said Meadows — who was reportedly granted immunity in
exchange for his testimony in the federal 2020 election interference case against Trump in Georgia —
believed the election was “rigged and stolen.”
Arriving for court Wednesday, former President Donald Trump said his chief of staff Mark Meadows believed the 2020
election was “rigged and stolen" — even though Meadows was reportedly granted immunity to testify against Trump
in the federal election interference case in Georgia.
AP
“He strongly believe the election was rigged," Trump said, adding, “And because it was rigged and
stolen, our country has gone to hell.”
5 hours ago
Michael Cohen back on the stand today with Trump in the courtroom
By Kaydi Pelletier , Kyle Schnitzer and Ben Kochman
Donald Trump and his former “fixer” Michael Cohen are both back at a Manhattan courthouse
Wednesday, after coming face to face for the first time in five years at the ex-president’s fraud trial
Tuesday.
From the stand, Cohen claimed his old boss had him value his assets at “whatever number” Trump
wanted.
“He would say, ‘I’m actually not worth $4.5 billion, I’m really worth more like 6 [billion],” Cohen recalled.
Michael Cohen (center) arrives at New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud
trial, Wednesday, Oct. 25.
AP
Donald Trump and his former “fixer” Cohen came face to face for the first time in five years at the ex-president’s
Manhattan fraud trial Tuesday.
AP
Former President Donald Trump speaks before entering the courtroom for the continuation of his civil business fraud
trial at New York Supreme Court, on Wednesday.
AP
NY Attorney General Letitia James arrives at court Wednesday. James alleges Trump and his company fraudulently
inflated the value of his assets for years to gain an edge in business.
AP
The AG launched her investigation in February 2019, following Cohen’s testimony before Congress about his
longtime former boss.
AP
NY Attorney General Letitia James alleges Trump and his company fraudulently inflated the value of
his assets for years to gain an edge in business.
The AG launched her investigation in February 2019, following Cohen’s testimony before Congress
about his longtime former boss.
a day ago
Trump rips Cohen while leaving court: 'Totally discredited'
By Kyle Schnitzer
Trump ripped Cohen after trial wrapped for the day, telling reporters his former personal attorney and
"fixer" can't be trusted as a witness.
“The witness is already totally discredited," Trump said as he left at around 4:30 p.m.
Cohen testified Tuesday against his former boss Donald Trump as the former President's civil fraud trail continues.
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Former President Donald Trump talks to the media during a break of his civil business fraud trial.
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"They used somebody who is a felon," he added of the New York attorney general's office.
Trump's attorneys are expected to wrap their cross-examination of Cohen on Wednesday.
a day ago
Michael Cohen takes the stand at Trump's civil trial: sketches
By Post Staff
Michael Cohen looks towards former U.S. President Donald Trump as he is questioned by Colleen Faherty, a lawyer
for the attorney general's office.
REUTERS
Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches as his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen is questioned.
REUTERS
In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen testifies on the witness stand as Judge Arthur Engoron looks on from the
bench in New York Supreme Court.
AP
a day ago
Cohen admits lying to federal judge in wild exchange with Trump lawyer
By Kyle Schnitzer and Ben Kochman
Cohen admitted to lying to the federal judge who presided over his past criminal case during a wild
exchange with Trump attorney Alina Habba.
Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer" replied "yes" on the stand when asked by Habba if he'd
lied to Judge William H. Pauley III during his 2018 plea hearing on charges of campaign finance fraud
and lying to Congress.
"You lied to Judge Pauley?" Habba later asked again.
"Asked and answered," Cohen replied.
Pauley sentenced Cohen to three years in prison, much of which Cohen was able to serve under home
confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
a day ago
Trump attorney grills Cohen about his health as cross-examination begins
By Kyle Schnitzer
Trump attorney Alina Habba began her cross-examination of Cohen by quizzing him about his health.
Cohen said he had to postpone his testimony last week due to a medical condition.
"I want to make sure you’re able to testify," Habba told him Tuesday. "Do you have any health issues
particularly at this moment to not be able to sit thought testimony in this courtroom?"
“It’s been answered,” Cohen shot back.
a day ago
AG: Trump falsely claimed $8B net worth in failed bid to buy the Buffalo Bills
By Kyle Schnitzer and Ben Kochman
In his failed attempt to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014, Trump wrote in a letter that he had a net worth “in
excess” of $8 billion, according to a letter presented in court by the New York attorney general's office.
“Please let this letter serve to represent my bid to purchase the Buffalo Bills football team for One
Billion Dollars,” Trump allegedly wrote to Morgan Stanley, which was handling the sale of the NFL
team.
The letter goes on to claim Trump had a “net worth in excess of Eight Billion Dollars” backed by
financial statements, which included “highly liquid assets” and “very little debt.”
At the time, however, Trump’s net worth was just $2.3 billion, the AG's office said.
Cohen, Trump's former attorney, testified he sent a financial statement containing Trump's inflated
wealth total to the Buffalo Bills "in order to demonstrate his ability to purchase the team."
a day ago
Cohen denies 'hush money' payments to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal
By Ben Kochman
Cohen, during his testimony earlier today, tried to distance himself from "hush money" payments made
to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — despite having previously admitted involvement in a guilty
plea with federal prosecutors.
"Inever paid Karen McDougal," he said Tuesday, while testifying that he had “complicity” in making
hush money payments to Trump’s more well-known alleged lover, former porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer" also claimed from the stand that he has never evaded
taxes — despite pleading guilty to that charge as well at a 2018 hearing in Manhattan federal court.
Cohen has denied giving "hush money" payments to ex-Playboy model Karen MacDougal.
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“There was no tax evasion,” Cohen testified. “At best, it could be characterized as a tax omission. I
a day ago
'Heck of a reunion,' Cohen says, as Trump reacts to his testimony so far
By Kyle Schnitzer
As he left the courtroom through a mass of news photographers for the lunch break, Michael Cohen,
Trump’s former personal attorney, summed up the early moments of his testimony as a "heck of a
reunion."
Meanwhile, Trump — who branded Cohen a “proven liar” and “felon” earlier Tuesday — said he wasn’t
fazed by Cohen’s presence.
“Well, I haven’t seen him in years. But you all know his record. It’s a horrible one. All you have to do is
ask the Southern District of New York,” Trump said.
Trump added that he wasn’t “worried at all” about Cohen’s testimony.
Cohen testified this morning that Trump coached him and others at the Trump Organization to
“reverse-engineer” phony figures about the value of Trump’s real estate empire in order to meet the
former president’s numbers.
Testimony is expected to resume around 2:15 p.m.
a day ago
Cohen: Trump 'tasked' me with skewing value of his assets
By Ben Kochman
Cohen testified this morning that Trump coached him and others at the Trump Organization to
“reverse-engineer” phony figures about the value of Trump’s real estate empire to meet the ex-
preferred totals.
“Iwas tasked by Mr. Trump to increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily
elected, and my responsibility … was to reverse-engineer the various different asset classes and
increase those assets in order to achieve a number that Mr. Trump had tasked us with,” Cohen said on
the stand.
Cohen claims he used phony figures about the value of Trump’s real estate empire to meet the ex-president’s
preferred totals.
AP
Cohen said he manipulated the totals on Trump’s financial filings with the help “predominately” of
former Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg, who is a co-defendant in the New York attorney general’s
civil suit.
AG counsel Colleen Flaherty then asked Cohen to clarify how he and Weisselberg decided what totals
to include in the financial filings.
a day ago
Trump and Michael Cohen come face to face for first time in years
By Kyle Schnitzer and Ben Kochman
Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer," has taken the stand in Manhattan
Supreme Court.
It's the first time he and his former boss have come face to face in five years, according to Cohen.
The convicted felon has said under oath that Trump coached him to lie about the value of his real
estate empire to meet his preferred totals.
He's expected to be a major witness in the New York attorney general's case against Trump.
Asked by AG counsel Colleen Faherty whether he has issued a public comment on his legal saga,
Cohen said from the stand: "More than one."
Trump is slightly leaning back in his chair with his arms tightly folded, staring right at Cohen as his
former confidant testifies.
a day ago
Trump exits for brief break in trial
By Kyle Schnitzer and Ben Kochman
Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on October
24, 2023 in New York City.
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Then Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen is expected to take the stand.
a day ago
Sobbing Trump co-defendant Jenna Ellisa flips on ex-prez, says she has ‘deep
remorse’
By Steven Nelson
WASHINGTON — A third attorney who falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen flipped Tuesday
and agreed to cooperate in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia —
saying she had “deep remorse” for her actions.
Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in the Georgia election case.
Jenna Ellis, 38, tearfully said she “failed” to do “due diligence” on claims that the election was stolen
through fraud in swing states including Georgia, where former Vice President Joe Biden beat Trump by
fewer than 12,000 votes — joining former Trump attorneys Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro in
pleading guilty.
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a day ago
Mazars USA general counsel William 'Bill' Kelly is first witness to take the stand
By Ben Kochman
William “Bill” Kelly, general counsel for Mazars USA, is today's first witness.
Kelly is expected to testify about the Trump Organization allegedly withholding appraisals from Mazars,
its longtime accounting firm,and about the company’s decision to cut ties with the ex-president and his
real estate company in February 2022.
Trump watches as Assistant Attorney General Alex Finkelstein questions Bill Kelly during the Trump Organization civil
fraud trial on October 24, 2023.
REUTERS
a day ago
Trump's attorneys ask for trial delay due to positive COVID tests
By Ben Kochman
Trump's attorneys asked Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron for the trial to be delayed
by one or two days due to positive COVID tests from members of the attorney general's team.
"We are truly in an outbreak, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to proceed," Trump lawyer
Clifford Robert claimed.
a day ago
Trump rips Michael Cohen as 'proven liar' as he arrives to court
By Kyle Schnitzer
Former President Donald Trump ripped his former personal attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen as a
"proven liar" and "felon" as he arrived to Manhattan court Tuesday morning for his ongoing civil fraud
trial.
proven liar and a felon and served a lot of time for lying," Trump, 77, told reporters when
“Well, he’s a
asked about Cohen's anticipated testimony in New York Attorney General Letitia James' case.
Donald Trump dismissed Cohen as a "proven liar" as the ex-president arrived to court Tuesday.
Cohen served as Trump Org vice president and special counsel to Trump from 2006 to 2018.
REUTERS
"He’s a liar trying to get a better deal for himself, but it’s not going to work.”
Cohen, who served as Trump Org vice president and special counsel to Trump from 2006 to 2018,
was sentenced to three years in prison following his guilty pleas to campaign finance violations, tax
and bank fraud and lying to Congress in 2018.
a day ago
Photos: Michael Cohen, AG Letitia James head to court for Trump fraud trial
By Post Staff
Michael Cohen leaves home to head to Trump's $250M fraud trial in Manhattan.
G.N.Miller/NYPost
“As to Donald’s presence in the courtroom, it will not affect me either way,” Cohen said Monday.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James’ suit against the ex-president began on Oct. 2.
REUTERS
a day ago
Michael Cohen to confront old boss Donald Trump at $250M NYC fraud trial
By Ben Kochman and Tamar Lapin
Michael Cohenis expected to face down his former boss Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom on
Tuesday when he takes the stand in the New York attorney general’s $250 million fraud lawsuit against
the ex-president.
Donald Trump leaving court after the morning session of his civil trial.
Steven Hirsch
Cohen told The Post that he wasn’t afraid to confront Trump, 77, at the 60 Centre St. courthouse,
adding he’d be arriving around 10 a.m. and would be the second witness called by the AG’s lawyers
on Tuesday.
“As to Donald’s presence in the courtroom, it will not affect me either way,” he said Monday.
People hold signs during a protest outside the New York Supreme Court ahead of the Trump Organization civil fraud
trial on October 24, 2023.
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