The trial of former US President Donald Trump continues in New York in the Stormy Daniels affair. Donald Trump is suspected of having paid money to buy the silence of this former pornographic film actress. Tuesday, May 15, Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer was on the defense grill, while many elected officials, including the President of the House of Representatives, were present in court to support Donald Trump.
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With our correspondent in Miami, David Thomson
He is the third most important person in the American state and the speaker of the House: Mike Johnson was at the hearing to support Donald Trump and denounce in front of the cameras a ” witch hunt “. Like him, several elected representatives of the chamber, a senator and a governor, all candidates for a position in a possible future Trump administration, took turns to denounce justice “ policy “.
Behind the scenes of the court, Donald Trump was also with his daughter-in-law Lara and his son Eric: they went so far as to record a campaign video to call on their supporters to donate funds to beat the Democrats, who had become ” crazy “, according to them.
Meanwhile, Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen appeared for the second time against his former boss. In a key moment of this day, the prosecutor showed the court the 11 checks signed by Donald Trump in person: all of these checks are refunds of hidden payments to Stormy Daniels, assures Michael Cohen. Trump, he said, feared an effect catastrophic of this sexual scandal on the female electoratewhile the Republican was in the middle of the campaign against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, in 2016.
Michael Cohen is a key witness, but an imperfect witness: the defense tries to discredit him by pointing out that he has often lied in the past. It was to remain loyal to Trump, he said, admitting that he worshiped him: “ I violated my morals and suffered the consequences. »
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