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‘We ask that President Trump be allowed to respond publicly to what happened in court the past day and a half,’ the defense said during Thursday’s hearing.
‘The 34 counts, ladies and gentlemen, are really just pieces of paper,’ the former president’s attorney said of the indictment. ‘None of this was a crime.’
The judge cited ‘Cohen’s ongoing and escalating efforts to walk away from his prior acceptance of responsibility for his crimes’ in his decision.
But his bid to prevent testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels was rejected by judge.
Former President Donald Trump and his legal team derided the case as ‘election interference.’
Former President Donald Trump plans to attend a New York court hearing in a case that accuses him of falsifying business records to hide ‘hush money’ payments.
A disciplinary committee tossed a complaint by Stormy Daniels alleging that a Trump lawyer had a conflict of interest by having represented her before.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in court filings that it opposes former President Donald Trump’s effort to move a “hush money” case to a federal court.
