Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, is poised to testify against his old boss as a key witness at the former president's New York civil fraud trial. Trump voluntarily came back to court Tuesday for the highly anticipated testimony.
. Now, after breaking with the former president amid his own legal troubles, the fixer-turned-foe is poised to testify against his old boss Tuesday as a key witness at the civil fraud trial that threatens to upend Trump's real estate empire and wealthy image.
Trump, heading into court, noted that Cohen served prison time after pleading guilty to tax evasion, lying to Congress and campaign finance violations.The trial wasn't held Monday because of issues related to an apparent COVID-19 exposure. Trump's attorneys sought to delay the trial on Tuesday, arguing that a rash of COVID-19 cases in the office of their adversary — New York Attorney General Letitia James — had put the former president's health at risk.
The trial proceeded with testimony from William Kelly, the attorney for Trump’s longtime former accounting firm, Mazars USA. The firmlast year after James’ office raised questions about the reliability of his financial statements. As punishment, Engoron ordered that a court-appointed receiver take control of some Trump companies, putting the future oversight of Trump Tower and other marquee properties in question, but an appeals court hasTrump denies any wrongdoing. He says his assets were actually undervalued and maintains that disclaimers on his financial statements essentially told banks and other recipients to check the numbers out for themselves.
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