The Make-or-Break Testimony of Michael Cohen

This episode contains explicit language.


Michael Cohen, Donald J. Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, took
the stand in the former president’s hush-money trial. 


Jonah E. Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter, discusses how Mr.
Cohen could cause problems for Mr. Trump himself. 


Guest: Jonah E. Bromwich, one of the lead reporters covering the
Manhattan criminal trial of Donald J. Trump for The New York
Times.


Background reading: 


Michael Cohen is the central witness in the first criminal
trial of an American president.

Mr. Cohen’s account of an arrangement struck in the White
House was the only personal testimony tying Donald J. Trump to
falsified documents.



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