‘I’ll be disappointed’ if Manhattan DA doesn’t indict Trump, Michael Cohen’s lawyer says
The lawyer for Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-fixer turned key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s hush money case, said he would be let down if the former president is not charged in the probe.
“I’ll be disappointed” if the DA Alvin Bragg ultimately decides not to indict Trump, attorney Lanny Davis told Politico.
“But I will grant him a good-faith judgment. And judgments can always be disagreed with, but I’ll be disappointed for sure,” Davis said.
Davis also told Politico that the probe began after he invited the former Manhattan DA, Cyrus Vance Jr., to visit Cohen in prison in Otisville, New York, where he was serving his sentence for financial crimes related to the hush money payment.
Their first meeting “did not go very well,” Davis said, because Cohen had felt “mistreated” by federal prosecutors. But “they got past that,” and “the next two sessions were very productive. And then it led to an open investigation.”
— Kevin Breuninger
Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran arrives for D.C. grand jury appearance
Evan Corcoran, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, arrives to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2023.
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Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, arrived at a Washington, D.C., courthouse ahead of a planned appearance before a federal grand jury reviewing evidence of Trump’s retention of classified government records at his Florida home.
Corcoran’s arrival came two days after an appeals court quickly denied a bid by Trump to block the lawyer’s appearance, which a lower court judge had ordered.
The Justice Department is eyeing Trump in the criminal probe for failing to comply with a law requiring former presidents to return government records when they leave office.
He also is being investigated for potential obstruction of justice in refusing…
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