{"id":563330,"date":"2023-03-14T04:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-attorney-says-he-wont-be-participating-in-manhattan-das-probe\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T04:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:28:11","slug":"trump-attorney-says-he-wont-be-participating-in-manhattan-das-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-attorney-says-he-wont-be-participating-in-manhattan-das-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump attorney says \u2018he won\u2019t be participating\u2019 in Manhattan DA\u2019s probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413635aeb88\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413635aeb88\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-attorney-says-he-wont-be-participating-in-manhattan-das-probe\/#Trump_attorney_says_%E2%80%98he_wont_be_participating_in_Manhattan_DAs_probe\" >Trump attorney says \u2018he won\u2019t be participating\u2019 in Manhattan DA\u2019s probe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trump_attorney_says_%E2%80%98he_wont_be_participating_in_Manhattan_DAs_probe\"><\/span>Trump attorney says \u2018he won\u2019t be participating\u2019 in Manhattan DA\u2019s probe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Collage-Maker-10-Mar-2023-02-04-PM-7813-1.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Trump is officially declining to offer testimony in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s probe into the hush-money payment to adult performer Stormy Daniels made before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won\u2019t be participating in that proceeding \u2014 a proceeding that we and most election law experts believe is with absolutely no legal merit,\u201d Trump attorney Joseph Tacopina wrote in a letter sent on Monday to the New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Tacopina had told ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d anchor George Stephanopoulos earlier in the day that the Manhattan DA\u2019s probe is \u201coutrageous,\u201d saying that the October 2016 payment to Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump in 2006, was not \u201cdirectly related\u201d to the presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump lawyer had confirmed on Thursday that Bragg had offered the former president an opportunity to testify before a grand jury, an indication that the district attorney could be nearing a decision on charges in the investigation, which would represent the first criminal indictment of a former U.S. president.<\/p>\n<p>The probe centers around a $130,000 payment that Trump\u2019s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made to Daniels. Cohen says that Trump later reimbursed him in monthly installments and erroneously recorded them as a legal retainer fee.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen later pleaded guilty to multiple charges, served a year in prison and has since been cooperating with prosecutors, including <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing before Bragg\u2019s grand jury on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Tacopina told Stephanopoulos on Monday, \u201cI expect justice to prevail, and if that\u2019s the case, George, there shouldn\u2019t be an indictment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is outrageous, really,\u201d he added. \u201cThere should be a healthy dose of disgust from the bar, the legal community, prosecutors, defense lawyers alike. It\u2019s not what we do. This is not what we do. 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