Michael Cohen, former attorney for Donald Trump, leaves after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 24, 2023.
Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors' biggest piece of legal ammunition in the former president's hush money trial.
There is his tortured history with Trump, for whom he served as personal attorney and problem-zapper until his practices came under federal investigation.
That led to felony convictions and prison for Cohen but no charges against Trump, by then in the White House.
Those arrangements, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office portrays as a multipronged scheme to keep information from voters, are now under a microscope at Trump's hush money trial.
Persons:
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump, Cohen, Trump, Richard Serafini, Loyalist, Cohen's, dings, Alvin Bragg's, reimbursements, Stormy Daniels, Daniels
Organizations:
Trump Organization, Court, Reuters, Trump, FBI, National Enquirer, Manhattan
Locations:
New York, Manhattan, New York City, Florida