Cohen grew combative Tuesday under cross-examination from the defense, which has tried to depict him as untruthful and biased against Trump. There will be no trial tomorrow so that the former president can attend his sonof falsifying business records to hide the reimbursement to Cohen for the payment he made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump. The former president has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denies the affair.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee also slammed the trial as a “Biden trial” and claimed without evidence that the White House and the Justice Department are behind his legal troubles. But asked about that episode Tuesday, Cohen was more nuanced. Specifically, he acknowledged that in October he testified he lied in federal court when he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and bank fraud. But he tried to explain that testimony, noting that he took responsibility because “the underlying fact he never disputed” and that he pleaded guilty to protect his wife. That doesn’t quite explain why he testified he lied in pleading to those counts — something he has said publicly too.
The cross-examination will focus on Cohen’s prior lies under oath and his repeated lies about events from 2016 and 2017, according to a source with direct knowledge of the line of questioning.
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