Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, key Manhattan DA witness, says ‘nobody is above the law’ after Trump indictment
Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the Latest York Courthouse in Latest York City, March 15, 2023.
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Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, who was a key witness in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation, said that “nobody is above the law” after his longtime boss was indicted by a Latest York grand jury.
“I do take solace in validating the adage that nobody is above the law; not even a former President. Today’s indictment will not be the tip of this chapter; but moderately, only the start,” Cohen said in a press release. “Now that the costs have been filed, it is best for the case to let the indictment speak for itself. The 2 things I want to say presently is that accountability matters and I stand by my testimony and the evidence I even have provided to DANY.”
Cohen, in an interview on MSNBC, said he met with the district attorney at the least two dozen times during Bragg’s investigation right into a 2016 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Cohen was previously sentenced to a few years in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud, lying to banks and violating campaign finance laws.
Cohen told MSNBC that he believes Trump is “petrified” after the indictment.
“The mug shot goes to essentially upset his fragile ego,” Cohen told NBC.
— Brian Schwartz
Donald Trump indicted in hush money case
A Latest York grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump in reference to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, his lawyer told CNBC.
Trump is the primary former president to be charged with a criminal offense.
The historic indictment stems from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into how the Trump Organization recorded a reimbursement to Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen after Cohen paid Daniels to maintain her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter she says she had with Trump in 2006.
— Dan Mangan