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Judge fines Trump $9,000 for violating gag order in hush-money trial – live



Judge holds ex-president in contempt for repeatedly violating gag order that prohibits comments about witnesses; testimony resumes with Gary Farro, Michael Cohen’s 2015 contact at First Republic BankRight now, prosecutor Rebecca Mangold is continuing to question banker Gary Farro about documents associated with Michael Cohen’s LLC, Essential Consultants, for which he opened a bank account.Remember: prosecutors said that Cohen used Essential Consultants to funnel money to Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, to bury her account for an extramarital sexual encounter with Donald Trump. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/30/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-michael-cohen-latest-updates

Author : Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Chris Michael (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-04-30 17:09:39

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