Trump sought to “hoodwink” voters with porn star payment, prosecutor tells jury

Updated: 11:25am (AEST) New York, US Reuters A New York prosecutor told jurors that the hush money payment at the heart of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial was an attempt to “hoodwink the American voter” during the 2016 election, as lawyers made their closing arguments on Tuesday. Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said the $US130,000 payment […]
After prosecution rests, Trump lawyers ask judge to dismiss hush money trial

New York City, US Reuters Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial on Monday to dismiss the case before it reaches the jury, arguing the testimony of star witness Michael Cohen was not credible given his criminal record and history of lying. Justice Juan Merchan did not immediately rule on […]
Trump’s lawyer accuses Michael Cohen of lying at hush money trial

New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s lawyer on Thursday accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former US President’s trial about a phone conversation he claimed to have had with Trump about a hush money payment to a porn star shortly before the 2016 presidential election. Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche said the phone […]
Trump’s lawyers assail estranged fixer Michael Cohen’s credibility at hush money trial

New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen sustained a withering assault from the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team on Tuesday, as Trump’s defence lawyers sought to undermine Cohen’s testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star’s silence. In sometimes aggressive questioning, Trump attorney Todd Blanche confronted […]
On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election

New York, US Reuters New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defence lawyer said he committed no crime. […]