Judge Juan Merchan directed New York prosecutors to tell Michael Cohen to storm making comments about the case and former President Donald Trump, but did not impose a gag order.
At the close of the 15th day of the trial of N.Y. v. Trump, Judge Juan Merchan directed New York prosecutors to tell Michael Cohen to stop making comments about the case and former President Donald Trump, but did not impose a gag order. Merchan imposed a gag order on the former president that prevents him from speaking about the witnesses, the jury, and any prosecutors other than Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Cohen, his ex-lawyer, is expected to take the witness stand on Monday.
But Trump defense attorneys say that the $35,000 payments were 'not a payback,' but instead, legal payments or attorneys fees. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Legal experts told Fox News Digital Cohen might have 'torpedoed' the case before taking the stand by ranting about it on TikTok while fundraising. 'It is a major problem for prosecutors.
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