{"id":2256176,"date":"2024-05-30T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-guilty-michael-cohen-says-truth-matters-in-response-to-former-presidents-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T20:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:14:54","slug":"trump-guilty-michael-cohen-says-truth-matters-in-response-to-former-presidents-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-guilty-michael-cohen-says-truth-matters-in-response-to-former-presidents-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Cohen Emphasizes Importance of Truth After Trump&#8217;s Guilty Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-guilty-michael-cohen-says-truth-matters-in-response-to-former-presidents-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256176&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michael Cohen, the\u200c former lawyer for Donald\u2062 Trump and a key witness in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-trial-set-for-march-25\/\" title=\"Trump's hush money trial scheduled for March 25\">hush money trial<\/a>, responded\u200c to Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict. Cohen, often referred to as Trump&#8217;s fixer, had paid $130,000 to silence Stormy Daniels about her alleged affair with the former president. Following his own\u200c legal issues, Cohen emphasized the significance of truth in the recent developments. After Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict, Michael Cohen, Trump&#8217;s former lawyer and a crucial witness in the hush money \u200btrial, spoke out. Cohen, known as Trump&#8217;s fixer, paid $130,000 to \u2064keep \u2063Stormy\u200b Daniels quiet about her alleged affair with Trump. In light \u2064of his legal\u2064 troubles, Cohen stressed the importance of truth amidst the recent events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michael Cohen<\/a>, former lawyer for Donald Trump and star witness in the former president\u2019s hush money trial, released a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump<\/a>\u2019s guilty verdict in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Known as Trump\u2019s fixer, Cohen had paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-trump-to-change-his-behavior-during-stormy-daniels-testimony-i-wont-tolerate-that\/\" title=\"Judge instructs Trump to modify his conduct during Stormy Daniels' testimony: 'No room for tolerance\">alleged 2006 sexual encounter<\/a> with the former president. On Thursday, Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> to cover up the hush money payment.\u00a0Cohen was previously sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion and lying to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is an important day for accountability and the rule of law. While it has been a difficult journey for me and my family, the truth always matters. I want to thank my attorneys, Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb, for their invaluable guidance and support throughout this process,\u201d Cohen told <em>Newsweek<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Trump\u2019s defense attorneys pointed to the fact that Cohen has lied in the past in the courtroom, to the media, and to Congress in an effort to undermine his credibility. While the star witness for prosecutors, Cohen was a problematic witness.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today is an important day for accountability and the rule of law. While it has been a difficult journey for me and my family, the truth always matters. I want to thank my attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Edanyaperry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eDanyaPerry<\/a> for her invaluable guidance and support throughout this process. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PMyCvrFw6X\">pic.twitter.com\/PMyCvrFw6X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelCohen212\/status\/1796301436898443386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorneys had called for Justice Juan Merchan to prevent Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s office from calling Cohen as a witness given his history of committing perjury in a state court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Cohen is a liar. He recently committed perjury, on the stand and under oath, at a civil trial involving President Trump,\u201d Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles wrote. \u201cIf his public statements are any indication, he plans to do so again at this criminal trial. The Court should preclude Cohen\u2019s testimony in order to protect the integrity of this Court and the process of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Merchan denied their request, and with Cohen\u2019s testimony, prosecutors were successfully able to convince jurors that Trump had instructed Cohen to pay off Daniels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Cohen, Donald Trump&#8217;s ex-lawyer and key witness in the hush money trial, responded to Trump&#8217;s guilty verdict. Cohen, dubbed Trump&#8217;s fixer, made headlines for paying Stormy Daniels $130,000 to conceal her alleged affair with Trump. The statement followed a significant development on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2256177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141420886249.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24141420886249.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}