Michael Cohen

Ex-US President Donald Trump is suing his former lawyer Michael Cohen for $500m (£400m), alleging breach of contract. Trump says Michael Cohen breached his duty as attorney to act in his client's best interests.
The lawsuit comes amid escalating attacks from Trump allies on Cohen, who is a key witness in a New York investigation into the ex-president. 
== May 2024 ==
* They Have Established the Backbone of the Case’: Three Writers Dissect the Trump Trial. NYT,  May 14, 2024 (Opinion)
Day 16, Day 17
* Michael Cohen testifies in Trump hush money trial. By CNN's Kara Scannell, Lauren Del Valle and Jeremy Herb in the courthouse, Updated 2302 GMT (0702 HKT) May 13, 2024.
first day
* Michael Cohen testifies in Trump hush money trial. By CNN's Kara Scannell, Lauren Del Valle and Jeremy Herb in the courthouse . Updated 5:35 p.m. ET, May 13, 2024
Second day
* here they are: Trump is in the courtroom as his former attorney Michael Cohen is set to resume his testimony soon. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who is under consideration to be Trump’s potential running mate, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, Florida Rep. Cory Mills and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy entered with Trump. Lara and Eric Trump are also in the courtroom. House Speaker Mike Johnson is also expected to join the former president today in the courtroom and deliver remarks later this morning. 
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Prosecutors indicated during arguments on Tuesday that Mr Cohen would be the last witness they call. 
Mr Trump has indicated that he wants to take the witness stand to testify in his own defence - but whether he actually does so remains to be seen. 
== Oct. 2023==
* Donald Trump "arbitrarily" inflated the value of his properties on financial statements, the former president's fraud trial in New York (Letitia James) has heard. bbc, By Chloe Kim & Kayla Epstein -BBC News, in court
His former lawyer, Michael Cohen, told the court he helped come up with "whatever number Trump told us to" on the real estate assets.
Cohen, a fixer-turned-foe of Mr Trump, is a key witness in the trial. 
The judge has already ruled that Mr Trump inflated the value of his properties to secure favourable loans. 
===Book===
* Michael Cohen: Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump - September 2020 (Amazon) 430 p.
===germ.===
Der ehemalige US-Präsident Donald Trump hat seinen früheren Anwalt Michael Cohen verklagt und fordert in einer Zivilklage von ihm eine halbe Milliarde US-Dollar. In der Klage wirft Trump Cohen vor, seine anwaltlichen Pflichten verletzt zu haben, einschließlich der Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung mit ihm als Mandanten.
* Sein Problemlöser wird zum Problem. Im Prozess um Schweigegeldzahlungen kommt Donald Trump einem Schuldspruch immer näher. Dafür verantwortlich ist der Mann, der einst für ihn die Drecksarbeit machte. Eine Analyse von  Johanna Roth, Washington, D. C. . In Die Zeit vom 14. Mai 2024 
=== wikipedia===
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer) 
* https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(Jurist) 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels–Donald_Trump_scandal
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