Michael Cohen Testifies Before Grand Jury in Alleged “Hush Money” Payment Investigation

Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to former President Donald Trump, testified for the second time Wednesday before a grand jury investigating an alleged “hush money” payment made on Trump’s behalf. Cohen has met repeatedly with prosecutors this year before his grand jury testimony began on Monday, lasting three hours.

Cohen has also recommended, helped hire and negotiated pay for several lawyers working for Mr. Trump on civil litigation and the federal and local criminal investigations swirling around him. Boris Epshteyn, who speaks with Mr. Trump several times a day, has been highlighted by the New York Times for his complicated role in Trumpland.

In the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign, Cohen paid $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels, for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump. This fact that the person coordinating all of the lawyers defending Donald Trump across multiple investigations has himself had his phone seized by the FBI has been described as almost unbelievable.

Michael Cohen was seen walking out of a Manhattan courthouse after testifying before a grand jury on March 15, 2023. The situation has been described as “complicated”. It remains to be seen what the outcome of the investigation will be.