May 20, 2024, 12:33 p.m. ET

Maggie HabermanReporting from inside the courthouse

With Susan Hoffinger asking questions, Michael Cohen is again leaning into the notion that he is a victim in all of this.


May 20, 2024, 12:33 p.m. ET

Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

“Are you actually on trial here in this case?” Hoffinger asks Cohen. “No,” he says. Through her questions, Hoffinger makes an obvious point — that the defense sought to make Cohen look like a criminal. But ultimately, the jurors aren’t here to judge Cohen’s criminality. They are here to judge Trump