Michael Cohen

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Cohen's celebrity could make his experience different from a typical inmate's. (Photo: AP)

Trump's former lawyer heads to US prison that offers matzo ball soup, full-time rabbi

Cohen is due to report to Federal Correctional Institute in Otisville, New York on Monday.

06 May 2019 8:12 AM

The charges involved Manafort's work for 10 years on behalf of Moscow-allied politicians in Ukraine, and nothing related to the 2016 election -- an issue he argued in asking the court for lenience. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort jailed for 47 months

Prosecutors alleged that Paul Manafort used offshore bank accounts in Cyprus to hide more than USD 55 million from Ukrainian politicians.

08 Mar 2019 10:15 AM

Daniels claims to have had a sexual liaison with the then-married Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe in 2006. (Photo: File)

Trump's wall speech has competition, Stormy Daniels to 'fold laundry in underwear'

Trump's speech, during which he is expected to make his case for building a wall along the border with Mexico, is scheduled for 9:00 pm.

09 Jan 2019 9:16 AM

Among the charges against Cohen was making 'hush money' payments to two women who had threatened to go public during the 2016 presidential election campaign with claims they had affairs with Trump. (Photo: File)

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen jailed for 3 yrs, says ‘job was to cover his dirty deeds’

Cohen, 52, said he was taking responsibility for his crimes 'including those implicating the President of the United States of America.'

13 Dec 2018 9:20 AM

Trump is facing off against a series of accusations put together by a team of investigators. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump sees impeachment as 'real possibility' over 2016 Mueller case: report

Trump has expressed concern that he could be impeached when Democrats take over House; CNN quoted a source close to president as saying.

11 Dec 2018 11:35 AM

Daniels' attorneys said the tweet portrayed her as a liar, but attorneys for Trump asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to dismiss the defamation lawsuit. (Photo: File)

US judge suggests he may dismiss Stormy's lawsuit against Trump

Stormy Daniel claims a man made a veiled threat to her in 2011 after she agreed to talk about her alleged encounter with Trump to magazine.

25 Sep 2018 1:04 PM

In a motion filed on Monday in Los Angeles federal court, Trump's lawyers also said that Daniels, who has said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was threatened to keep quiet about it. (Photo: AFP/File)

Citing free speech, Trump wants Stormy Daniels defamation case dismissed

Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, called the motion 'baseless and desperate.'

29 Aug 2018 2:19 PM

Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio says the president may be surprised that he can’t exert more control from the West Wing over his former friends and employees. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump’s bad week: President’s men turn against the President

It was a bruising week for Trump, with a trio of men who are intimately familiar with secrets and dealings now cooperating with prosecutors.

25 Aug 2018 2:08 PM

US President Donald Trump (Photo: Pixabay)

Donald Trump predicts market crash if he’s impeached

The Manafort conviction was the first case sent to trial by special prosecutor Robert Muller probing Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

24 Aug 2018 3:02 AM

Trump said the hush payments were financed with his own money -- to which Cohen had access -- and that while he had no knowledge of them at the time, he had since been fully transparent. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump denies wrongdoing, slams Cohen 'stories' on hush payments

Donald Trump's response was to discredit Cohen -- contrasting his actions with the 'brave' Manafort.

23 Aug 2018 9:02 AM

The stakes for Trump are now legal as well as political. (Photo: AP)

Double blow to Trump as closest ex-aides face prison for multiple financial crimes

In a stunning admission that implicates Trump, Cohen pleaded guilty to buying silence of two women about their alleged affairs with Trump.

22 Aug 2018 3:24 PM

Cohen (C) did not name Trump in court, but his lawyer, Lanny Davis, said afterward he was referring to the president. (Photo: AP)

Michael Cohen testifies Trump told him to commit crime by paying off women

Cohen made statements as he pleaded guilty to 8 criminal charges in federal court including bank fraud and campaign finance violations.

22 Aug 2018 8:02 AM

The White House said no agreements were reached in the one-on-one meeting with Putin other than having national security teams meet. (Photo: AP | File)

Putin says Trump can 'be my guest' in Moscow, WH welcomes idea

Russia is under punitive sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union and wants them lifted.

28 Jul 2018 1:25 PM

It involves Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who says she had a months-long fling with Trump after they met in 2006, shortly after Trump's wife Melania gave birth to their son, Barron. (Photo: AFP)

Hear: ‘Secret’ conversation of Trump-Cohen over affair with ex-Playboy model

The existence of tape secretly recorded by Cohen two months before 2016 election released after FBI seized it during raid on Cohen's office.

25 Jul 2018 8:05 PM

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal claims she had a months-long affair with Trump after they met in 2006, shortly after Trump's wife Melania gave birth to their son Barron. (Photo: AFP)

Trump 'on tape' discusses hush money payment to Playboy model

FBI seized recording during raid on Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen's office, quoting lawyers, others familiar with the recording.

21 Jul 2018 2:49 PM

Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she had a tryst with Trump in 2006 while he was married. The president denies the affair, and initially denied all knowledge of the payment. (Photo: AFP)

Trump discloses payment to attorney who paid off porn star

The disclosures do not specify reason for the payments to Cohen, who paid USD 130,000 to Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election.

17 May 2018 8:16 AM

Stormy Daniels, the real one, took on Donald Trump, depicted by Alec Baldwin, on comedy show Saturday Night Live. (Photo: AFP/File)

Stormy Daniels taunts fake Trump on comedy show Saturday Night Live

Trump has denied allegations from Daniels, a porn star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, that they had an affair in 2006.

06 May 2018 3:10 PM

Trump said Friday that Giuliani was 'a great guy but he just started a day ago' and the former mayor of New York City was still 'learning the subject matter.' (Photo: AP)

Trump chides Giuliani to ‘get his facts straight’ on Stormy Daniels payment

Trump chided Giuliani even as he insisted that 'we're not changing any stories' about the USD 130,000 settlement, which was paid to Daniels.

05 May 2018 1:33 PM

US president Donald Trump said Cohen was paid via a 'monthly retainer' and that the hush agreement into which Cohen entered with Daniels had 'nothing to do with the campaign.' (Photo: File)

Trump admits repaying lawyer for Stormy Daniels hush-money but denies affair

Donald Trump's acknowledgement came hours after Rudy Giuliani revealed Trump repaid personal attorney USD 130,000 to buy Stormy's silence.

04 May 2018 12:37 PM

Giuliani, who joined Trump's legal team last month, said the president had repaid Cohen over several months, indicating the payments continued through at least the presidential transition, if not into his presidency. (Photo: AP)

Trump reimbursed Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment: Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani said the money to repay Michael Cohen had been 'funneled ... through the law firm and the president repaid it.'

03 May 2018 10:41 AM

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