Michael Cohen Says Trump Asked Him Change Asset Values, Trump Lawyers React

Michael Cohen, the one-time personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to testify against his former boss.
Michael Cohen Says Trump Asked Him Change Asset Values, Trump Lawyers React
Former President Donald Trump (C) sits in the courtroom with attorneys Christopher Kise (L) and Alina Habba during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Oct. 18, 2023. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—Michael Cohen, the one-time personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump and a former vice president of the Trump Organization, is scheduled to testify against his former boss in the ongoing civil trial in the case New York Attorney General Letitia James brought against the former president.

Ms. James brought the petition on behalf of the State of New York last September, after three years of investigation into allegations Mr. Cohen made about the Trump Organization’s financial statements being artificially inflated to obtain better loan terms. At the center of the case are the Statements of Financial Condition (SFC) for the Trump Organization from 2011 to 2021.