Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday sought to block testimony from former personal attorney Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels, in the criminal hush money case against the former president.
The case is being brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged Trump in March 2023 in connection to a 2016 payment Cohen made to Daniels, alleging conspiracy and that Trump then falsified records.
Trump has denied wrongdoing. The trial is slated for March 25.
“Michael Cohen is a liar,” Trump’s legal team wrote, in reference to his testimony on New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil fraud trial against Trump.
“He recently committed perjury, on the stand and under oath, at a civil trial involving President Trump,” they claimed, according to The Hill. “If his public statements are any indication, he plans to do so again at this criminal trial. The Court should preclude Cohen’s testimony in order to protect the integrity of this Court and the process of justice.”