NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand Wednesday in his ex-boss Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial as the former president's defense team tried to undermine the credibility and question the motives of his onetime personal attorney turned adversary.
She tried to suggest that Cohen had angled unsuccessfully for a job in Trump’s White House — Cohen insisted he never sought one — and asked whether he had “significant animosity" toward Trump.
Cohen is a key witness in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil case against Trump.
Cohen is also expected to be an important prosecution witness in a criminal trial scheduled for next spring in which Trump is accused of falsifying business records.
That case is one of four criminal prosecutions Trump faces in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington.
Persons:
— Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's, Alina Habba, Cohen, Trump, — Cohen, ” Cohen, “, ” Habba, Habba, underscoring, Letitia James ’, James, ”, ” Trump, Jill Colvin
Organizations:
Trump, Democrat, Associated Press
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New, New York , Florida, Georgia, Washington