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Michael Cohen

July

In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and Millennial

His youth – there are nearly 40 years separating them, and he is the first Millennial nominated to a major-party ticket – could prove a boon to the ticket.

  • Michael Gold
Donald Trump’s conviction following his hush-money trial in New York is being appealed.

Trump’s hush-money sentencing delayed as judge mulls immunity

The postponement sets the sentencing for September – if it happens at all, since Donald Trump’s lawyers are arguing that the conviction should be tossed out.

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  • Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz

June

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower,  a day after being criminally convicted

Trump claims ‘sick people’ are behind his prosecution

The former president declared that he would appeal against the landmark verdict, calling the trial a “scam” and the judge a “tyrant”.

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  • Maggie Haberman and Michael Gold

May

Donald Trump leaves the courtroom to speak with the media.

Defiant Trump seeks to turn verdict into campaign fuel

Donald Trump will try to capitalise on what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment in his election bid, claiming he is the victim of a political witchhunt.

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  • David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado
Donald Trump sits at the defence table at Manhattan criminal court in New York.

How Trump seized control of his own trial

The former president has found many ways to spin historic proceedings to his unexpected advantage, as he braces for a verdict that could come this week.

  • Joe Miller
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As a convicted felon and admitted liar, Cohen is a problematic witness.

Cohen testifies stealing from Trump was ‘self-help’

Michael Cohen testified he was upset about his annual bonus being cut after he fronted his own money to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels.

  • Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan

Dutton’s housing election; Nvidia bulls sell; Millennial set to retire

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Donald Trump outside court in Manhattan.

‘That is a lie’: Trump’s lawyer attacks Cohen’s credibility

The former president’s lawyers have attempted to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, grilling the prosecution’s star witness at the “hush-money” trial.

  • Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Michelle Price
Michael Cohen

Cohen tells of Trump’s Oval Office deal to pay ‘hush money’

Michael Cohen’s story of a deal struck in the White House with Donald Trump was the only personal account tying the former president to falsified documents.

  • Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman
Stormy Daniels exits the courthouse in New York, Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) after taking the stand  and testifying about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.

Stormy Daniels’ graphic testimony of alleged Trump sexual encounter

The remarkable testimony is the latest example of how Donald’s Trump’s dealings with women are coming back to haunt him in court.

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  • Erik Larson, Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos
Former president Donald Trump

Judge threatens Trump with jail over ‘hush money’ gag order

The former US president suggested that he would be willing to risk incarceration after the judge’s warned him over repeatedly breaching the gag order.

  • Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan
Donald Trump speaks outside the courtroom at the Manhattan criminal court.

Trump threatened with jail, fined for contempt of court

The former president was ordered to pay the fine by the end of the week, and he deleted, as ordered, the offending posts from his Truth Social account.

  • Michael Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

April

David Pecker, chairman of American Media, in 2010.

The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets

David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.

  • Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
Donald Trump

Tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Trump from sex scandals

The effort to suppress unflattering information was designed to illegally influence the election, prosecutors have alleged.

  • Michael Sisak, Eric Tucker, Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz
Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court.

Trump hush money was ‘pure election fraud’, jury told

Prosecutors allege the former president was part of a “planned, long-running conspiracy” at the start of his hush money trial in New York.

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  • Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Eric Tucker
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Donald Trump

Trump to make history with sordid ‘zombie’ trial

A previously stalled probe over alleged pay-offs to a porn star has led to the first criminal trial against a former US president that starts this week.

  • Joe Miller

October 2023

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to the media at the New York State Supreme Court.

‘Habitual liar’ Trump made fortune inflating assets, court told

On the first day of a new fraud trial, the former president came face to face with the New York attorney-general accusing him of deceiving banks for personal gain.

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  • Michael Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz

April 2023

Stormy Daniels. A hush money payment can constitute a crime if made to protect a political candidate.

Stormy Daniels says she looks forward to testifying in Trump case

Adult-film star Stormy Daniels said she looks forward to testifying if a criminal case brought against former president Donald Trump goes to trial.

  • John Wagner
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

A surprise accusation bolsters a risky case against Trump

The unsealed case against the presidential hopeful accuses him of falsifying records in part to lay the groundwork for planned lies to tax authorities.

  • Charlie Savage
Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club after his arraignment on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST).

Trump hush money case raises thorny legal issues

The case isn’t about the tawdry details of the payment to a porn actor. It’s allegedly about a presidential candidate using his money and influence to bury potentially damaging stories.

  • Allana Durkin Richer, Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz

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