Michael Gold Reporting from inside the courthouse

Joshua Steinglass is offering three rebuttals of the defense’s argument that Michael Cohen acted on his own, without Trump’s knowledge. First, he says that Trump was a micromanager who was directly involved with the details both of his business and his political campaign.
 

Jonah Bromwich
May 28, 2024, 7:36 p.m. ET1 minute ago
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Jonah Bromwich Reporting from inside the courthouse

Second, Steinglass says, Cohen was and is a self-promoter and it

“defies all common sense” that he’d undertake herculean efforts on behalf of Trump and keep it to himself.

Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courthouse

Joshua Steinglass has less than half an hour left before he has to stop. He reviews the case for what may well be a final time, starting with the Trump Tower meeting. So this is an abridged version of his already abridged timeline, shrinking this sprawling case down to its key elements as he races the clock.
 

Maggie Haberman
May 28, 2024, 7:35 p.m. ET1 minute ago
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Maggie Haberman Reporting from inside the courthouse

Steinglass is now presenting the many, many moments at which Trump spoke to key players in this series of events around the Stormy Daniels payment.