On Monday, after defendant Michael Cohen finished testifying on the first day of the New York v. Trump trial, former President Donald Trump accused Judge Juan Merchan of being “very inconsistent.”
“We have corrupt judges, we have very contradictory judges, and those judges are interfering with my campaign,” Trump said outside the courtroom. “He was appointed a New York judge. He was appointed. You know who appointed him? A Democratic politician. He was appointed. He is a corrupt judge, an inconsistent judge. And he should send us to the campaign trail to eliminate this fraud.”
“This day will truly be remembered as a day of infamy for New York’s judicial system. Now the whole world is laughing at New York’s weaponized judicial system,” Trump added. .
When President Trump called on the judge to resign because of Marchand’s daughter and her job, he lashed out at Marchand on Truth Social ahead of the trial, calling him “contradictory” and politically charged. He has repeatedly accused the government of being biased against the government. Political consultant for Democratic politicians.
Michael Cohen testifies that he secretly recorded President Trump in preparation for the 2016 election
President Trump will address the media on May 13th. (Photo credit: SETH WENIG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Judge Juan Marchan (whose daughter is Crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Adam Shifty Schiff, and other representatives of radical liberals), suffering from an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, is in prison. I just posted a photo of me. Now it’s another illegal move as they continue to try to strip me of my rights. “I issued an un-American and unconstitutional ‘order’,” Trump posted on Truth Social in March. He was under a gag order restricting his ability to speak publicly about the incident.
President Trump has since slammed Marchand with gag orders, including a New York state judge who fined him $10,000 for violating the ban 10 times. Marchand warned Trump that he could go to jail if he continues to violate the order, but Trump said it was a “sacrifice” he was willing to make.
“I have to be careful with every word I say to you. You ask me questions, and I want to answer them, but I can’t talk about them. Because this judge… issued me with a gag order, [says] If you violate it, you go to jail,” Trump said in remarks earlier this month.
“And frankly, you know what? Our Constitution is much more important than prison. It’s not even close. I’m willing to make that sacrifice any day.”
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Michael Michael in state court in Manhattan, New York, at former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.・Judge Juan Marchan presided over the trial while Cohen was questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger. This courtroom sketch usa may 13, 2024. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
Monday was an action-packed day in court, with testimony heard for the first time from President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The lawsuit focuses on Cohen paying former porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 in 2006 to settle allegations that she had an affair with the then-real estate mogul. President Trump denies her affair with Daniels.
Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen and fraudulently recorded the payments as legal costs. Prosecutors are working to prove that Trump falsified records to commit or conceal a second crime.
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Michael Cohen leaves for a break during former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephen Jeremiah, File)
On Monday morning, Cohen took the stand and detailed that he used his own money to pay Daniels $130,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement and obtain rights to her claims of infidelity. According to Cohen’s testimony, in October 2016, Cohen told President Trump that she needed to pay Daniels her fee to quell her claims before Election Day next month. is said to have spoken. He testified that he discussed ways to fund the payments with Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, but Weisselberg initially said he was not in a position to foot the bill.
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On May 13, 2024, in Manhattan State Court in New York City, U.S., former Donald Trump was charged with falsifying business records to conceal funds he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. At the presidential criminal trial, defendant Michael Cohen is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger. In this courtroom sketch. (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
“Finally, I said, ‘Okay, I’ll pay,'” Cohen testified, pointing to the urgency behind the issue just days before the election.
Mr. Cohen said he did not discuss the matter with his wife and decided to raise funds through a home equity line of credit rather than withdrawing funds from his personal account.
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“My wife was the head of the family. [she] “You won’t understand that $130,000 is missing from our joint account,” he said.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump faces charges as his criminal trial continues on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he paid to hush porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Observe in court. May 7th in New York City, USA. 2024. (Reuters/David Dee Delgado/Pool)
Cohen’s testimony also included details about secretly recording Trump in 2016 about another payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal. McDougal also claimed in 2006 that she had an affair with Trump, a claim the 45th president has repeatedly denied. According to trial testimony, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker bought exclusive rights to her articles in an effort to kill her claims ahead of the 2016 election.
According to testimony, Mr. Cohen secretly sent Trump to Trump in September 2016 to share with Mr. Pecker as evidence that President Trump planned to repay Mr. Pecker for purchasing potentially damaging articles. He said he was recording a recording of Mr. Mr. Cohen added that he made the recording not only to appease Mr. Pecker’s belief that he would be rewarded, but also to maintain Mr. Pecker’s “loyalty” to Trump.
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Cohen said Trump didn’t know he was being recorded at the time.
Cohen is scheduled to return to the stand Tuesday morning, with court beginning at 9:30 a.m.
