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☆ Prosecutors set to weigh in on fate of Trump New York hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to tell a judge whether they think the criminal hush money case against President-elect Donald Trump should head to sentencing, as planned, or be dismissed following his electoral victory, as his lawyers have requested. Those records related to a $130,000 payment his then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen made shortly before the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about a purported one-time sexual tryst with Trump a decade earlier. Judge Juan Merchan had been expected to rule on a dismissal request by Trump's lawyers on Nov. 12 at the earliest. But on the heels of Trump's election win, the DA's office told Merchan they wanted him to delay his ruling, to give them time to determine how that victory affected the case. Merchan gave them one week to do so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Kamala Harris Trump, Michael Cohen, Merchan Organizations: Prosecutors, The, Manhattan, Attorney's Locations: Manhattan, New York City, York

In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. president Donald Trump appears by video conferencing before Judge Juan Merchan during a hearing before his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 23, 2023. A New York judge on Tuesday delayed by one week ruling on whether to toss guilty verdicts against President-elect Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, or to move toward sentencing in late November. The postponement was announced two days after the Manhattan District Attorney's Office asked the judge for time to consider how Trump's electoral win affects the case. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who was set to issue his ruling Tuesday, is now scheduled to determine if the case should be dismissed on Nov. 19. Trump is currently set to be sentenced Nov. 26 on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.

Persons: Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Michael Cohen Organizations: Manhattan, Attorney's Locations: Manhattan, New York City, York

☆ Trump hush money sentencing postponed past Election Day, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal hush money case until after the Nov. 5 presidential election, a judge ruled Friday. The sentencing, which was set for Sept. 18, will instead take place on Nov. 26, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan ruled. The Supreme Court's ruling had already spurred Merchan to delay Trump's sentencing, which was originally scheduled for July 11, by more than two months. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung in a statement Friday said, "There should be no sentencing in the Manhattan DA's Election Interference Witch Hunt." "As mandated by the United States Supreme Court, this case, along with all of the other Harris - Biden Hoaxes, should be dismissed," Cheung said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Trump, Merchan, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Cohen, Alvin Bragg's, Steven Cheung, Harris, Biden, Cheung, Bragg, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, New York, Court, Manhattan, Trump, Republican, United States Supreme, NBC News Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump will debate Biden while still bound by gag orders. Here's what he can't say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Jay Paul | ReutersWhen he faces President Joe Biden in Thursday's debate, former President Donald Trump will have to watch his tongue. Trump is still bound by multiple court-imposed gag orders that limit what he can say about his sprawling portfolio of legal troubles. The hush money gag orderTrump has grappled with the gag order applied by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan during the ex-president's historic criminal hush money trial. But Merchan on Tuesday partially lifted the order, allowing Trump to speak about trial witnesses and the jurors.

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☆ Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case ahead of Biden debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A New York judge on Tuesday lifted parts of a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, but kept some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced. While he lifted that piece of the gag order, the judge ruled that a prohibition on disclosing juror information will remain in effect until further notice. Trump raged against the gag order when it was first imposed on March 26, about three weeks before the trial began. Trump violated the gag order 10 times during the historic trial. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung in a statement Tuesday criticized Merchan for declining to lift the entire gag order.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Juan Merchan, Joe Biden, Merchan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Stormy Daniels, Steven Cheung, Cheung Organizations: U.S, Manhattan Criminal, Trump, Manhattan Supreme, Manhattan District, Attorney, Democratic Locations: New York City, York, Manhattan, New York

☆ Fahim Saleh murder jury must decide if Tyrese Haspil believed stabbing and dismembering tech CEO was 'reasonable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Days before admittedly stabbing and dismembering tech CEO Fahim Saleh, ex-personal assistant Tyrese Haspil admittedly used $750 of his victim's money to buy this 6-by-6-inch cake for his girlfriend. Anything less than unanimity — say if one juror accepts Haspil's EED defense and 11 do not — will cause a mistrial. Killer Tyrese Haspil, left, and Fahim Saleh in the lobby of Saleh's Lower Manhattan condo complex, one minute before the attack. Tyrese Haspil, accused of the 2020 murder-dismemberment of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. Fahim Saleh is facing his killer, Tyrese Haspil, as the elevator doors close on the victim's apartment.

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☆ Trump gag order appeal dismissed by New York's top court
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York's highest court on Tuesday dismissed former President Donald Trump's appeal of the gag order in his criminal hush money trial. The New York Court of Appeals in a brief decision declined to hear Trump's bid "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved." The decision means Trump's gag order, which bars him from speaking about jurors, witnesses and other parties involved in the Manhattan Supreme Court case, remains in effect. Trump's attorneys asked Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the trial, to terminate the gag order because the trial is over. The Trump campaign and the lawyer who filed the gag order appeal to the state's top court did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump's, Judge Juan Merchan, Merchan Organizations: New York, New, Appeals, Manhattan Supreme, Manhattan District, Manhattan DA, Trump Locations: New York , New York, USA, New York, Manhattan

☆ 'Put it to rest': DOJ shoots down House Republican conspiracy that it controlled Trump NY case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But Uriarte said there is no evidence showing any coordination between the federal government and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money case against Trump. The DOJ conducted a "comprehensive" search for communications between its leaders and the Manhattan District Attorney's office about any investigation or prosecution of Trump from Jan. 20, 2021, through his May 30 conviction in New York, Uriarte said. "The District Attorney's office is a separate entity from the Department. The Department does not supervise the work of the District Attorney's office, does not approve its charging decisions, and does not try its cases," he said. "The Department has no control over the District Attorney, just as the District Attorney has no control over the Department."

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☆ Hunter Biden guilty in criminal gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowA jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden looked straight ahead at the jury and nodded slightly as three guilty verdicts were read, eight days after the trial began and after only about three hours of jurors deliberating. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. President Biden is due to speak about gun control at an event on Tuesday afternoon. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024.

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☆ Live updates: Hunter Biden will not testify at gun trial as jury deliberations loom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. The criminal gun trial of Hunter Biden resumed Monday morning with his lawyers revealing that the son of President Joe Biden will not testify in Wilmington, Delaware, federal court. Biden is charged with three crimes related to possessing a handgun while being a drug user. Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell effectively said he would not take the witness stand during a morning hearing with Judge Maryellen Noreika on proposed jury instructions. Lowell told Noreika to leave the phrase "did not testify" — referring to Biden — in those instructions.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Melissa Cohen Biden, Biden, Abbe Lowell, Judge Maryellen Noreika, Lowell, Noreika, Donald Trump Organizations: Biden — Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, York, Manhattan

☆ Trump Georgia election case halted pending outcome of challenge to D.A.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday halted the criminal election case against Donald Trump in the state pending the outcome of his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting the former president. The order by the Georgia Court of Appeals all but guarantees that Trump and eight co-defendants in the case will not stand trial before the November presidential election, where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. The appeals court said it would hear arguments on Oct. 4 on Trump's effort to boot Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. The appeals court must rule on the question by March 14, 2025, according to the court's website. The appeals court order Wednesday halting the case also applies to Rudy Giuliani, David Shafer, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, Mark Meadows, Cathy Latham, Jeffrey Clark and Harrison Floyd.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Willis, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, David Shafer, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, Mark Meadows, Cathy Latham, Jeffrey Clark, Harrison Floyd, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Georgia, Trump, Republican, Fulton Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County, New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump blasts hush money conviction as political warfare
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump angrily denounced his criminal hush money trial in rambling remarks Friday, a day after a New York jury convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump called the case "very unfair" as he cycled through many of his previously voiced criticisms of trial judge Juan Merchan, the prosecutors, witnesses, and the charges in Manhattan Supreme Court. "These are bad people," Trump told reporters at Trump Tower, where he launched his first Republican presidential campaign nine years earlier. "It should never be allowed to happen in the future, but this is far beyond me. "This is bigger than Trump, this is bigger than me, this is bigger than my presidency."

Persons: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Juan Merchan Organizations: Trump, New, Trump Tower, Republican Locations: New York City, U.S, New York, Manhattan

☆ Biden calls Trump response to guilty verdict 'reckless,' 'dangerous' at White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

President Joe Biden on Friday called former President Donald Trump's reaction to his conviction in New York on criminal hush money charges "reckless" and "dangerous." "It's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don't like the verdict," Biden said at the White House, hours after Trump held a press conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan condemning the criminal case. Trump, 77, was convicted Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court of 34 felony counts related to a scheme to conceal hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Biden, who is set to face Trump in the November election, said his Republican opponent's conviction reaffirmed "the American principle that no one is above the law."

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump's, Biden, Trump, Stormy Daniels Organizations: White, Trump, Republican Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Watch: Donald Trump press conference day after guilty verdict in hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Former President Donald Trump is set to hold a press conference in New York on Friday, a day after a state court jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels by his ex-personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Trump, who will speak at Trump Tower, is due to be sentenced July 11 in Manhattan Supreme Court, days before the Republican National Convention will formally confirm him as the party's presidential nominee. Trump will face President Joe Biden in November in a rematch of their 2020 election contest.

Persons: Donald Trump, Daniels, Michael Cohen, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Republican National Convention Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump guilty in hush money trial of all 34 felony counts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. A New York jury on Thursday found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels by his then-personal lawyer before the 2016 election. Trump is the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of any crime. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr., whose office is prosecuting Trump, entered the courtroom after the note was sent out. Cohen testified during the trial that Trump directed him to pay off Daniels before the 2016 election to prevent her story from damaging his presidential campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Daniels, Trump, Juan Merchan, Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr, Michael Cohen, Cohen, David Pecker Organizations: Manhattan Criminal, New, Manhattan, Attorney, National Enquirer, Trump, Trump Organization, fixer Locations: Manhattan, New York, U.S, Merchan

☆ Trump slams trial as 'rigged, disgraceful' after he is found guilty on all counts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 30, 2024. Former President Donald Trump called his criminal hush money trial a "disgrace" on Thursday, after a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records. "This was a rigged, disgraceful trial," Trump told reporters outside the courtroom in Manhattan Supreme Court. With the jury's unanimous verdict, Trump became the first former U.S. president ever to be convicted of a crime. "May 30th, 2024 might be remembered as the day Donald J. Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election," wrote Eric Trump, one of the former president's two adult sons, on X.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Donald J, Eric Trump, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Cohen Organizations: U.S, Manhattan Criminal, New, Truth, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump, Republican Locations: New York City, New York, Manhattan, U.S

☆ Trump trial live updates: Jury to re-hear David Pecker testimony on second day of deliberations
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Editor's note: This is developing news and will be updated throughout the day. The 12-member jury also has asked to re-hear the instructions on the law it received Wednesday from Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan before they began their first day of deliberations. The judge sent them home for the day after saying they would hear those requests on Thursday. Prosecutors, and Cohen, say that hid the fact that it was actually to prevent Daniels from harming Trump's then-wobbling campaign. "Mother Teresa could not beat these charges," Trump told reporters after jurors began deliberating Tuesday.

Persons: David Pecker, Emil Bove, Donald Trump's, Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Juan Merchan, Trump, reimbursements, Cohen, Daniels, Teresa, Joe Biden Organizations: Republican, Manhattan, Prosecutors Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New York, Pecker's

☆ Trump trial jury set to begin deliberations in New York criminal hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 16, 2024. Jurors in the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are set to begin deliberating a potential verdict Wednesday, after they receive instructions from a judge in a New York courtroom. Trump's lawyer and a prosecutor gave closing arguments all day Tuesday and into the early evening. The case marks the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. Cohen testified at trial in Manhattan Supreme Court that he paid Daniels at Trump's direction to buy her silence about an alleged one-time sexual tryst with Trump in 2006.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Michael Cohen, Daniels, Cohen, Hillary Clinton, Trump's, Juan Merchan Organizations: Manhattan Criminal, Republican, Trump Organization, Prosecutors, Democratic Locations: New York City, New York, U.S, Manhattan

☆ Harvey Weinstein retrial: New accusers have come forward, prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Jean Casarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

NEW YORK CNN —A Manhattan prosecutor said Wednesday a new indictment against Harvey Weinstein is possible as additional accusers have come forward with claims against the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall became a symbol of the #MeToo movement. That trial similarly used “prior bad acts” witnesses and has also been appealed. In addition, three other women testified at trial as “prior bad acts” witnesses. They argued the “prior bad acts” witnesses should not have been allowed to testify and the court should not have given prosecutors the ability to question Weinstein about instances of verbal abuse and bullying on cross-examination. In sexual assault cases, their testimony can turn a difficult “he said, she said” case into a more convincing “he said, they said” case.

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☆ Supreme Court Justice Alito rejects calls to recuse from Trump, Jan. 6 cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers' requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot following reports that flags linked to Trump's supporters were flown at his properties. "I was not aware of any connection between that historic flag and the 'Stop the Steal Movement,' and neither was my wife," Alito wrote. Trump, who is awaiting a verdict in his criminal hush money trial in Manhattan Supreme Court, applauded Alito for declining to remove himself from the case. "Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing the INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and 'GUTS' to refuse stepping aside from making a decision on anything January 6th related," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social .

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☆ Robert De Niro slams 'clown' Trump outside NY criminal trial, as Biden campaign ramps up attacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"He doesn't belong in my city," De Niro, a native New Yorker, said of Trump during a press conference hosted by President Joe Biden's reelection campaign outside Manhattan Supreme Court. Immediately following the Biden campaign event, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller accused Biden of employing a "washed-up actor" to campaign for him in a Hail Mary attempt to reverse Trump's narrow lead in 2024 election polls. The De Niro event marks the first time the Biden campaign has appeared outside Trump's trial, which began more than five weeks ago. As the criminal trial winds down, the president's reelection campaign is planning to crank up its attacks on Trump, NBC News reported Friday. Defense attorney Todd Blanche began Tuesday's closing arguments by declaring, "President Trump is innocent."

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☆ Trump trial closing arguments to begin in New York hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump looks on before the start of trial at the Manhattan Criminal Court during trial in New York City May 20, 2024. Closing arguments in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump are set to begin in New York on Tuesday, with jurors on track to begin deliberations in the historic case the following day. If convicted, Trump faces a possible maximum sentence of four years in prison for each felony count. He denies Daniels' claim that the two had sex once in 2006, months after his wife Melania gave birth to their son, Barron. Matthew Colangelo told jurors that the hush money payment to Daniels, and the reimbursements to Cohen, amounted to "election fraud.

Persons: Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Daniels, Melania, Barron, D.A, Matthew Colangelo, Joe Biden Organizations: Manhattan, New York City, Attorney's Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan

☆ Opinion: Here’s how I, as an attorney, would try to persuade the Trump jury in closing arguments
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Opinion Joey Jackson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

If the jury agrees, Trump would become a convicted felon, and could face up to four years in prison. But Trump’s defense attorneys will have much to say Tuesday about the evidence presented by prosecutors in an attempt to avoid that outcome. As to ledgers and invoices keeping track of these checks, Trump is the owner of the organization, not the bookkeeper or finance person. Cohen claims Trump was with the bodyguard at the time, and that he handed Trump the phone. The evidence shows that in order for checks to be issued to Cohen, Trump would have had to give his approval.

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☆ Jury in trial of tech CEO Fahim Saleh's killer hears grisly 911 call: 'His head is not there anymore!'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

the operator asks, to which the woman sobs, "No! the 911 operator asks Saleh's cousin in the recording played Friday. the operator asks. Prosecutors told jurors that these bags held Saleh's head and limbs. A crime scene photo showing tech CEO Fahim Saleh under attack by his killer just inside the victim's Manhattan condominium.

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☆ Trump trial heads into home stretch as Michael Cohen returns for hush money testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court with his attorney Todd Blanche (L) on May 20, 2024 in New York City. The end of the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump may soon be in sight, as testimony from his one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen resumes Monday. Now, one big question looms over a New York courtroom: Will the former president take the witness stand? Cohen is a key witness against Trump, and prosecutors have already said he will be their last witness in the trial. But doing so would carry major risks for Trump, including the danger of being angered and rattled by cross-examination by prosecutors, and giving an answer that supports their case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Trump, Trump's, hedged, Judge Juan Merchan Organizations: U.S, Criminal, Trump Locations: New York City, New York, Manhattan

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