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https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790400581104021785 HOFFINGER: You spoke to Trump? COHEN: I left him a message for him to call me to let him know what was taking place and he said to me: “He said to me don’t worry. I’m the president of the United States. There’s nothing here. Everything’s going to be okay. Stay tough. You’re going to be okay.”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790399894513184893 HOFFINGER: What happened in April 2018? COHEN: I was raided by the FBI. I was at the Loews Regency because my apt was flooded and we were there while construction was going on. At 7am there was a knock on the door and I looked thru the peephole and saw lots of people, I opened the door and they asked me to step in hallway and they also raided my apt and my law office and TD Bank, which had safety deposit boxes which I had just opened for my valuables while my apt was under repair. WHAT THE SEARCH WARRANT GAVE THEM RIGHT TO TAKE, PER COHEN: “Took my two cell phones” “Any electronic devices” “Records” “A series of my tax books as well as other documents” “Ultimately found out they also packed up much of documentation that was in my law office, and took that as well” HOFFINGER: you mentioned two phones - were those 0114 containing audio recording with Trump? COHEN: Yes ma’am HOFFINGER: that was one and they seized another COHEN: correct HOFFINGER: the one with the audio recording, did you know the FBI was going to show up and take phones? COHEN: no ma'am HOFFINGER: how did you feel at the time about the search? COHEN: “how to describe your life being turned upside down" Concerned, despondent, angry” HOFFINGER: “Were you frightened?” COHEN: “Yes, ma'am”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790399543445778568 HOFFINGER: Do you recall when Mr. Trump agreed through his lawyers not to enforce the NDA, at what point did that occur? COHEN: I don’t recall HOFFINGER: Was that a civil case? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: Would Mr. Trump be required to sit for a deposition? COHEN: Yes

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790398699908268216 HOFFINGER: Did you learn Stormy Daniels was going to go public as a result of you saying it was your money, and is that why you got a TRO against her? COHEN: Yes. HOFFINGER: Was that at Mr. Trump’s direction to work with Larry Rosen to get a restraining order? COHEN: Yes, as well as with Eric Trump HOFFINGER: Did you get a TRO? COHEN: Yes, we filed in California. COHEN: “You’re required to serve the TRO on the individual. I of course didn't have Stormy's address, so I tried to serve it to Keith Davidson” COHEN: By "I", I mean the group: me, Larry Rosen, etc. COHEN: Davidson said he is no longer representing her and then the lawyer Davidson said was representing her said he was no longer and then we learned that Michael Avenatti was going to be representing her going forward.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790398032066068504 Katie's Sidebar: Unlike yesterday where there very few objections and zero sidebars, today the defense seems to have decided that it wants to object so there have been several more objections lodged, some of which have been sustained. There also have been a number of sidebars already this morning.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790397030042574907 HOFFINGER: Around Feb. 2018, did the WSJ reach out to you about AMI’s payoff of Karen McDougal? COHEN: Yes ma’am HOFFINGER: Did they reach out to you about an FEC complaint about AMI’s payoff of Karen McDougal? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: Do you recall what the WSJ was asking you about? COHEN: AMI’s participation in the payoff, and David Pecker HOFFINGER: Did they ask at all about your involvement or Mr. Trump’s involvement? COHEN: Yes. COHEN: David [Pecker] was very concerned because it was going to affect AMI and affect him so I told him that I would assist with this matter, and I told him after conversations with the president, do not worry I have this thing under control we have it taken care of. HOFFINGER: What did you tell Pecker? COHEN: “I told him that the matter was going to be taken care of, and the person that was going to be able to do it was JEFF SESSIONS.” Cohen said he had been told by Trump that Sessions would handle it.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790395860783870234 PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 217- SIGNAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN JAY SEKULOW AND COHEN Date: FEB 19 2018 7:14p HOFFINGER: Does the communication reflect use of Signal? COHEN: Yes, this is from Signal HOFFINGER: IS this an exact copy? COHEN: Yes FROM JS TO MC: "Client says thanks for what you do" COHEN: The "client" here refers to Trump

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790395207089004764 MERCHAN PROVIDES A LIMITING INSTRUCTION TO THE JURY RE: THIS EXHIBIT MERCHAN: You just saw the FEC complaint and the statement from Cohen. You may use that to judge the witness’s credibility, and for context. “You may consider that testimony for those purposes only. Neither the fact of the FEC investigation, or the responses thereto constitute evidence of the defendant's guilt.” MERCHAN: “And you may not consider them” when deciding if defendant is guilty of charged crimes. HOFFINGER: At the same time, did you also provide that statement to Jay Sekulow? COHEN: I did, he was representing Trump, he’s an attorney HOFFINGER: why did you send to him? COHEN: “I was referred to Mr. Sekulow by Sean Hannity to speak about the FEC complaint, and I was instructed by Mr. Trump to keep in touch with Jay Sekulow because he was the contact for Mr. Trump”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790394746407694697 PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 202 - STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL COHEN ABOUT THE FEC COMPLAINT "In a private transaction in 2016, I used my own personal funds to facilitate a $130,000 payment to Ms. Stephanie Clifford, Neither the Trump Org nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction..." HOFFINGER: Was this statement false? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: An additional line at the bottom says that it was lawful and not a campaign contribution? COHEN: “it was me drawing a legal conclusion which is inaccurate"

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790393993135804458 PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 260 - TEXTS BETWEEN COHEN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN OF NYT (2/13/18) HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman? COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times. FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me responding to complaint and statement. Please start writing and I will call you soon

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790392605186076894 PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 201 - LETTER ON MCDERMOTT WILL AND EMERY LETTERHEAD “In a private transaction in 2016, before the U.S. presidential election, Mr. Cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford. Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly.” HOFFINGER: “Was that statement false or misleading? COHEN: Misleading. While crafting the statement, we elected to state neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction. That’s a true statement…” “But it’s misleading.” COHEN: “It was neither the Trump organization nor the Trump campaign; it was Donald J. Trump himself.” HOFFINGER: Did you intend for it to be misleading? COHEN: Yes ma'am. HOFFINGER: why? COHEN: “In order to protect mr. trump, to stay on message, to demonstrate continued loyalty.” HOFFINGER: Did he approve the substance of the statement? COHEN: He did

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790392060480299077 PEOPLE’S EXHIBIT 278 - Official statement of Stormy Daniels - Jan 30, 2018 (This is the second statement) HOFFINGER: Did you try to get Stormy Daniels to issue another denial? COHEN: Despite thinking the story was dying, there were still persistent reporters looking into this and I thought it would be helpful to put an end to it. HOFFINGER: did you know at the time this statement was false? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: How did you know COHEN: “Because I helped him craft it”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790391107538567430 EXHIBIT - TEXT EXCHANGE BETWEEN COHEN AND KEITH DAVIDSON DATE: JANUARY 10, 2018 FROM KD TO MC: WSJ called stormy. She didn’t answer. They say they are running story & have a deadline of tonight for her to comment FROM MC TO KD: Write a strong denial comment for her like you did before FROM MC TO KD Call me back HOFFINGER: Did you pressure Keith Davidson to lie? Why? COHEN: to protect Mr. trump and KD provided a statement HOFFINGER: Was Mr Trump and his lawyer also part of that? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: Who was benefiting from joint defense agreement? COHEN: “I believe several people benefited but certainly President Trump” HOFFINGER: You pressured Keith Davidson to have Stormy issue a statement? COHEN: I do, this is statement KD sent to me in regard to denial I requested HOFFINGER: who did you send to? COHEN: I sent it to the WSJ HOFFINGER: Did you know the statement of Stormy Daniels was false? COHEN: Yes COHEN: I wanted to get credit /staying loyal, so we could have this matter taken care of

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790390089862009293 Now questions to Cohen about the WSJ ARTICLE: TRUMP LAWYER ARRANGED $130,000 PAYMENT FOR ADULT-FILM STAR’S SILENCE HOFFINGER: When the story was coming out did you comment publicly? COHEN: yes, to reporters and others HOFFINGER: Did you tell the truth about Trump's role in the payoff? COHEN: No, ma'am HOFFINGER: how did you reach Trump in 2018? COHEN: By contacting Madeleine Westerhout or over the cell phone HOFFINGER: who was Madeleine Westerhout at the time? COHEN: White House secretary who sat outside the Oval Office HOFFINGER: Did you discuss with President Trump the statements that you were going to be releasing publicly in 2018, meaning statements that Trump did not know or was not involved in the payoffs? COHEN: “Yes” HOFFINGER: what did you tell Trump about those statements? COHEN: “that I had paid the money on his behalf without his knowledge” HOFFINGER: How did he respond? COHEN: "that’s good, good."

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790388563185713383 HOFFINGER: Did you lie ? COHEN: I did. The lies dealt with the Trump Tower Moscow real estate project, specifically the number of times that I claimed to have spoken to Mr. Trump… I said I only spoke to Pres. Trump about the project three times when I had really spoken about it ten times HOFFINGER: did you say those communications stopped earlier than they did? Why did you make those false statements to Congress? COHEN: Because I was staying on Trump’s message, and "there was no Russia, Russia, Russia" and that was what was preferred. HOFFINGER: Did you continue to lie about Mr Trump's involvement in the Stormy Daniels payoff and pressure Keith Davidson to lie about the payoffs to Karen McDougal? COHEN: yes HOFFINGER: Why did you do that? COHEN: “in order to protect Mr. Trump”

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790388070430408816 Now, the prosecution starts to ask Cohen about his subpoenaed testimony before the House and Senate Intelligence Cmte re the Russia investigation? COHEN: They did. HOFFINGER: Under pressure at the time? COHEN: “A tremendous amount of pressure” HOFFINGER: Did you have an attorney representing you? COHEN: I did, Trump Org was paying for it, it was part of a joint defense agreement, which is when the employer and the people are working together for a common goal COHEN: trump org paid for attorney, it was “very much so” important that trump org was paying for that attorney

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790387029454577825 HOFFINGER: Did you do any legal work for Mr Trump in 2018? COHEN: I did legal work in 2018 COHEN: “As a result of the Stormy Daniels matter and her electing to go public, Mr. Trump wanted an arbitration action filed against her” for the breach of the NDA. COHEN: “So I was contacted by Eric Trump and Mr. Trump regarding how to go forward on this non-disclosure agreement.” HOFFINGER: did you get paid [for that work]? COHEN: No HOFFINGER: Did you bill for the work in 2018? COHEN: No HOFFINGER: How many clients did you have in 2017 and 2018? COHEN: 5 HOFFINGER: what kind of work? COHEN: consulting HOFFINGER: how much total did you earn from those clients? COHEN: approximately 4 million

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790385387988517047 HOFFINGER: “After the last check was sent to you in December of 2017, you never received any other checks from Mr. Trump or his Trusts, is that correct?” COHEN: That’s correct. HOFFINGER: Or from the trump organization COHEN: That’s correct. HOFFINGER: I want to talk about the work you did in 2017, with respect to your role as personal attorney for President Trump. Did you do any work for Pres Trump or Melania? COHEN: “Minimal”, “There was a matter that dealt with an individual by the name of Summer Zervos.” HOFFINGER: Did you send a bill or invoice to Trump Org. for that work? COHEN: No, I didn’t expect to be paid and it wasn’t enough work for me to send an invoice HOFFINGER: On the Summer Zervos issue… who was the lawyer dealing with that? COHEN: Mark Kasowitz. HOFFINGER: Did you receive work from Alan Garten? COHEN: Also minimal HOFFINGER: Did you consider that work that he sent you legal work? COHEN: No HOFFINGER: Did you consider that work that he sent you legal work? COHEN: No

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790381535574806860 The prosecution is methodically walking Cohen through each of the checks, check stubs, etc. for the monthly payments made to Cohen. He testifies that the info on the check stub that these are payments pursuant a retainer is not true. Cohen testifies about checks with Donald Trump's signature on them. These checks were issued on Trump's personal bank account and were made payable to Cohen for a false invoice for no legal services.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790380071661805770 HOFFINGER: Were any of the invoices that you created for services rendered pursuant to a retainer agreement? COHEN: “No ma’am, they were for reimbursement.” HOFFINGER: in response to those 11 false invoices, did you receive 11 checks totaling $420,000? COHEN: Yes, ma'am. HOFFINGER: Were the check stubs false? COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: “There was no retainer agreement, is that right?” COHEN: “That’s correct” Cohen says the signatures on this first check are from Eric Trump and Allen Weisselberg because the check came from the Donald J. Revocable Trust, whose beneficial owner was Donald J. Trump. HOFFINGER: Do you recognize the signatures on the check? COHEN: Allen Weisselberg and Eric Trump HOFFINGER: From what account is the check drawn? COHEN: Donald J Trump Revocable Trust account HOFFINGER: Who is the owner COHEN: Donald J Trump The prosecution is methodically walking Cohen through each of the checks, check stubs, etc. for the monthly payments made to Cohen. He testifies that the info on the check stub that these are payments pursuant a retainer is not true.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790380071661805770 EMAIL FROM COHEN TO JEFF MCCONNEY (2/14/17) "Jeff, Sorry for the delay and thank you for the reminder. Please have the monthly checks for January and February made payable to Michael D. Cohen, Esq. and sent to (REDACTED) Hope you are well and see you soon." EMAIL FROM MCCONNEY TO COHEN "Mike, Please send me invoices so I can have the checks cut. Thanks, Jeff" EMAIL FROM COHEN TO MCCONNEY "Jeff, Please remind me of the monthly amount?" COHEN: I didn’t have a copy of the document made with Weisselberg. It would’ve been on a retainer agreement, but there was none. HOFFINGER: you had a retainer monthly amount COHEN: Yes HOFFINGER: But there was no retainer? COHEN: Correct COHEN: I created a document and called it an invoice: "kindly remit payment for services rendered for the months of January and February" HOFFINGER: thereafter, did you send monthly invoices? COHEN: Yes, i copied and pasted HOFFINGER: The invoice says for services rendered, for the month of January and February? COHEN: Yes, ma'am. HOFFINGER: Were there services rendered? ' COHEN: No, ma'am. HOFFINGER: And "for services rendered", was that a truthful statement? COHEN: “No ma’am” HOFFINGER: What was the true purpose? COHEN: The reimbursement of hush money and Red Finch HOFFINGER: “Was this invoice a false record?” COHEN: “Yes, ma’am” HOFFINGER: Each invoice made the same false representation? COHEN: Yes, ma'am HOFFINGER: Each one, who were they directed to? COHEN: Allen Weisselberg and Jeff McConney

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790377390603997493 Susan Hoffinger resumes the Direct Examination of Michael Cohen. People's 32: email from Jeff McConney (Controller of Trump Org who reported to Allen Weisselberg) to MC 2/6/17 reminding Cohen to get him invoices "you spoke to Allen about" Now: Cohen testifies about a visit to the White House on February 8th (2017). Trump asked him, while the two of them were in the Oval Office, if Cohen was doing ok and if he needed money. Cohen said he was ok and Trump said for Cohen to deal with AW. Trump said a check for Jan. and Feb. would be forthcoming.