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March 14, 2023

Michael Cohen Testifies to Grand Jury, Says Trump Needs to Be Held Accountable for "Dirty Deeds"
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In New York, a lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president will
decline to appear before a grand jury investigating hush-money payments
made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential
campaign. On Monday, Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, Michael
Cohen, spent several hours testifying to a state grand jury in
Manhattan. Cohen previously pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion,
bank fraud and lying to Congress about the hush-money payments, which he
says Trump directed him to make.

Michael Cohen: "This is not revenge. Right? What this is is about
accountability. I don't want to see anyone, including Donald Trump,
indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because I
fundamentally disagree with them. This is all about accountability. He
needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds."



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