他的前律师柯恩今天已经去法庭作证了,两个人已经在法庭上见面了。 纽约州检察长的立案,本来就是科恩在国会作证爆料后开始的。他今天在法庭作证:
"I was tasked by Mr. Trump to increase the total assets based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected," Cohen intoned, speaking slowly and keeping his eyes on Colleen Faherty, a lead lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James.
"And my responsibility, along with Allen Weisselberg, primarily, was to reverse engineer" the value of Trump Organization assets, Cohen added, "in order to achieve the number that Mr. Trump tasked us."
Asked by Faherty what he meant by "whatever number," Cohen did not miss a beat in answering.
"Whatever number Mr. Trump told us to," he said.
川普以前还多次吹嘘,他是除了林肯之外,对黑人做事情最多的总统。 川普经常引用的做的事情,就是签署了一个司法改革法案,给毒品犯等减刑。
2020年6月12日接受福克斯电台采访: “So, I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause he did good, although it’s always questionable,” (在这里甚至质疑林肯的贡献)
2020年7月22日: During a White House coronavirus briefing, President Trump claimed to have done more for Black Americans than anyone with a "possible exception" of former President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed America's enslaved people.
2020 年9月23日: President Trump on Wednesday said that he has done more for Black Americans than any other president, following the grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case.
2020 10月号 (大选前): Trump said "I've Done More For The Black Community Than Any President Since Abraham Lincoln," during his pro Law and Order address to supporters at the White House.
▲美国前总统川普。(美联社)
美国前总统川普预计今天将在纽约出席一场民事诈欺审判,川普前律师兼密友柯恩也将出庭作证。另外,川普昨天在新罕布什尔州完成总统初选登记,还自诩曼德拉。
法新社报导,柯恩(Michael Cohen)已成为最直言不讳的川普(Donald Trump)批评者之一,他原规划上周出庭作证,但因健康因素被迫延后。
虽然川普未被强制要求出席司法审判程序,但他偶尔会现身,利用这些场合营造自己是民主党密谋干扰他角逐2024总统大选的受害者形象。
川普及两个儿子被指控大幅膨胀川普集团(Trump Organization)房地产价值,藉以获得更佳的银行借贷及保险条款。川普在这场诈欺审判中未面临坐牢风险,但民主党籍的美国纽约州检察长詹乐霞(Letitia James)正寻求2.5亿美元罚款,并要求川普及儿子离开集团管理层。
柯恩过去多年担任川普个人律师及“乔事人”。他最近常在社群平台X发文嘲讽川普,“看起来我出庭作证时,将会与我的老客户川普重逢,到时见!”
他也说:“我会持续向权力说出真相…不论川普如何持续抹黑骚扰我。”
柯恩2019年在国会作证的内容致使纽约当局对川普是否刻意膨胀资产净值展开调查。
77岁的川普目前在共和党2024总统提名居显着领先地位。他目前面临34项伪造商业纪录的重罪,一概不认罪。
此外,美联社报导,川普昨天返回新罕布什尔州正式登记参与总统初选并举行集会。他在集会上谴责美国总统拜登(Joe Biden)对哈玛斯(Hamas)攻击以色列的回应,誓言在美国建立“铁穹”(Iron Dome)式的导弹防御体系。
川普还声称自己是因政治原因而被联邦及州检察官攻击的受害者,甚至将自己比拟为已故南非前总统曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)。
川普说,不介意成为曼德拉,还称“我们必须从这些法西斯主义者及疯子手中拯救国家”。
曼德拉原是人权律师,因领导黑人参与民权运动及对抗种族隔离政策,坐了27年黑牢,1994年他当选总统,成为南非首位黑人总统。