Trump told Cohen he would be 'taken care of' by then-AG Jeff Sessions: testimony

Testimony from Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, continued in the ex-president's hush money trial in a lower Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday morning, May 14.

Cohen, according to the New York Times, offered additional details on his role in hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential race — as well on Trump's actions after being sworn in as president in 2017.

According to the Times, "Michael Cohen says he told David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, that he had been told that the federal investigation Cohen faced would be 'taken care of" by Jeff Sessions, then the attorney general. Cohen testifies that it was Trump who told him that."

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Cohen, according to the Times, also described "the FBI's raid on his Park Avenue hotel room in April 2018."

"He says federal agents took his cell phones — including the one with the recording on it that jurors already heard — and many of his documents," the Times reports. "He says he was frightened, despondent and angry."

According to Times reporter Jonah Bromwich, "This was a major news event at the time, and now Cohen can reflect on his feelings about it in front of a courtroom full of reporters. He says he received a phone call from the president after the raid."

Cohen is the prosecution's most recent star witness to testify during the trial. Previous witnesses have included Pecker, Daniels, and former Trump White House adviser Hope Hicks.

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Read the New York Times' full reporting on Michael Cohen's testimony at this link.