Robert Costello may challenge the claims of a key witness before a grand jury decides whether to charge former U.S. President Donald Trump
over hush money paid to a porn star, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
Trump, whose supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to overturn his 2020 election defeat, said Saturday that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday and called for protests. He said “illegal leaks” indicated an arrest on Tuesday, but provided no evidence, and his spokesman said Trump had not been notified of any impending arrest.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been investigating a $130,000 hush payment made by Cohen, Trump’s estranged former fixer, to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Costello’s testimony is expected to focus on the payment to Stormy Daniels and how that came about, the first source said. Costello is better known for his representation of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Trump has denied the affair with Daniels happened and called the investigation by Bragg a political persecution. “It’s building a lot of sympathy for the former president,” said Sununu, a relative moderate, who is considering his own presidential run and appeared to be trying to avoid alienating Trump supporters.
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