A federal judge sentenced Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Wednesday after the onetime lawyer to President Donald Trump emotionally referenced Trump by name as implicated in his crimes.
Read moreMANHATTAN (CN) – Dogged by insinuations of criminal liability, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that the hush-money payments he is accused of having directed from attorney Michael Cohen were “simple private transactions.”
Read moreThe Justice Department says that President Donald Trump directed illegal payments to buy the silence of two women whose claims of extramarital affairs threatened his presidential campaign, the first time prosecutors have connected Trump to a federal crime.
Read moreNew details from the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election are expected to be unveiled Friday as Special Counsel Robert Mueller faces a deadline to file sentencing memos regarding convicted former Trump allies Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort.
Read morePresident Donald Trump praised a key witness in the Russia investigation Monday for having the “guts” not to testify against him, and said his former lawyer — who cut a deal with prosecutors — should head straight to prison.
Read morePleading guilty to a new charge of having lied to Congress, ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen told a federal judge Thursday morning that the president’s inner circle pursued a Moscow real estate project into the 2016 campaign season and beyond.
Read moreFighting to keep a lid on search warrants that justified the raids on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, prosecutors told a federal judge Thursday that ceding to the demand by seven news outlets could undermine an ongoing grand jury investigation.
Read moreThe New York Times asked a federal judge on Friday to disclose the search warrants and supporting materials justifying the raid on the properties of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer said Thursday he is providing “critical information” as part special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s ex-attorney dropped an arbitration bid against adult film star Stormy Daniels, a much different tone from a few months ago when he accused her of violating a hush agreement and said she owed $20 million.
Read moreAdult film star Stormy Daniels said in a brief filed Monday she “vigorously opposes” an offer by President Donald Trump and a shell company to tear up a confidentiality agreement concocted during the 2016 presidential campaign to keep the lid on an alleged affair between the two.
Read moreEssential Consultants, the company set up by President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen, offered to tear up the hush agreement contract between adult film star Stormy Daniels and the president on Friday, a settlement agreement that would require her to pay back $130,000.
Read moreThe company set up by Donald Trump’s former personal attorney offered Friday to rescind Stormy Daniels’ hush-money agreement and drop its planned $20 million lawsuit against the porn actress for allegedly violating the deal.
Read moreNew York’s attorney general is looking to open a criminal investigation into whether Michael Cohen violated state tax law, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Read moreThrusting President Donald Trump’s long history of favorable National Enquirer coverage into the spotlight, several news outlets reported Thursday that federal prosecutors have given immunity to the CEO of the tabloid’s publisher.
Read moreOne day after the lawyer’s guilty plea in federal court implicated President Donald Trump in campaign-contribution violations, New York greeted Michael Cohen with a subpoena Wednesday related to its criminal probe of the Trump Foundation.
Read moreAttorneys for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort on Wednesday asked a federal judge to seal a portion of the transcript in his bank and tax fraud trial, as Washington grapples with the fallout of Manafort’s conviction and the guilty plea of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.
Read moreImplicated by his erstwhile personal attorney in campaign-finance violations, President Donald Trump availed himself of Twitter Wednesday to unload on Michael Cohen for saying that he made hush payments ahead of the 2016 election to clamp down on Trump’s sex scandals.
Read morePresident Donald Trump avoided mention of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen at a Tuesday night campaign rally in Charleston, West Virginia, and instead sought to rally his base ahead of the state’s looming, high-stakes Senate race.
Read moreThe former judge appointed to make attorney-client privilege determinations on items seized from President Donald Trump’s embattled former fixer Michael Cohen said Thursday her job is done.
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