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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, and attorney Danya Perry leave his apartment building on his way to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Trump's New York criminal trial could head to jury deliberation as soon as next week

7:52pm May 16, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.

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Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump's ex-fixer, leaves his apartment building in New York this morning.

Politics & Government

The cross examination of Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-fixer, has begun in New York trial

5:19pm May 14, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Cohen once boasted of being Donald Trump's "protector" but now he is testifying to lying for Trump's benefit, including about payments made to an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election.

Willie B. Smith is on death row for his conviction in the 1991 abduction, robbery, and murder of 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson.

National

Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Alabama Inmate Who Requested Pastor's Presence

8:13am February 12, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Willie B. Smith III's death by lethal injection in an Alabama prison is on hold after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered state officials to allow him to have his pastor with him when he dies.