Michael Cohen is set to take the witness stand Monday to deliver to the jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial the only firsthand account of how the former president allegedly knew in 2017 that he was party to an illegal payment scheme.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is relying on Cohen to say Trump willfully concealed in his financial records the $130,000 hush money payment that Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels right before the 2016 presidential election. Bragg, an elected Democrat, is banking on the jury believing Cohen’s testimony despite the ex-lawyer having deep-seated credibility problems.
Cohen worked as Trump’s attorney and “fixer,” as he is often described, in 2016. He later pleaded guilty to numerous felonies and has since been on a warpath, criticizing his former client at every opportunity.
Prosecutors plan to conclude presenting their case by…
