Before imposing the latest fine, Judge Arthur Engoron summoned Trump from the defence table to testify about his comment to reporters hours earlier about "a person who's very partisan sitting alongside" the judge.
Five days earlier, Trump had been fined US$5000 after Engoron learned that the offending social media post from early October had lingered on Trump's campaign website for weeks after being taken down — on the judge's orders — from Trump's Truth Social media platform. The episodes raise questions about whether Trump can abide by court directives that are aimed at reining in his rhetoric while respecting his free speech rights as he campaigns to return to the White House.
In the New York case, Cohen returned to the witness stand on Wednesday as the defence team tried to undermine his credibility and question his motives.READ MORE:After a decade of working as Trump's fixer, Cohen came under federal scrutiny and broke with his boss in 2018. Cohen soon pleaded guilty to and went to prison for tax evasion, making false statements on a bank loan application, lying to Congress and making illegal contributions to Trump's campaign.
Trump's lawyers also emphasised Cohen's federal criminal convictions and worked to portray him as a liar. The defence pounced on Cohen's testimony Tuesday that he had lied when he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and loan application falsehoods — rather, he maintained, his conduct was just a matter of omissions and failure to correct paperwork.
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