Current：Home > ContactMichael Cohen settles lawsuit against Trump Organization -Visionary Growth Labs
Michael Cohen settles lawsuit against Trump Organization
View
Date：2025-04-13 10:27:03
Days before it was set to go to trial, a lawsuit filed by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen against his former employer, the Trump Organization, has been settled.
Cohen planned to call one of the former president Donald Trump's sons as a witness in the trial. Cohen sued in 2019, saying the company owed him legal fees for his work defending Trump and himself during investigations in 2017 and 2018, and during roughly 20 meetings with the Manhattan district attorney and a grand jury before Trump was indicted in March.
A spokesperson for the Trump Organization did not return a request for comment.
An attorney for Cohen said in court earlier this month that Donald Trump Jr., a Trump Organization executive vice president, was a relevant potential witness because the company covered his legal fees in relation to some of the same investigations for which Cohen is seeking payment.
"We would like to introduce testimony about what Mr. Trump Jr. paid his lawyers in the exact same matters," said the attorney, Hunter Winstead.
Cohen entered a guilty plea in 2018 to federal campaign finance violations and tax evasion, and the company has argued his criminal conduct was in violation of any agreements it had with him.
Cohen, now a Trump adversary who is enmeshed in a tangled web of litigation involving his former boss, is the key witness in the Manhattan criminal case. Cohen's attorneys say he incurred more than $500,000 in legal fees related to that case, in which Cohen is a key witness against Trump.
Trump has entered a not guilty plea in the case, which centers on a series of reimbursements paid to Cohen after the ex-lawyer arranged a "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election.
- In:
- The Trump Organization
- Michael Cohen
- Donald Trump
Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.com
veryGood！ (38)
Related
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn’t rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal
- The Games Begin in Dramatic Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Trailer
- Ray Epps, Trump supporter targeted by Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- 'Wellness' is a perfect novel for our age, its profound sadness tempered with humor
- Jason Kelce Says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Romance Rumors Are 100 Percent True
- Are morning workouts better for weight loss?
- New data highlights 'achievement gap' for students in the US
- Julie Chen Moonves Accuses 2 Former The Talk Cohosts of Pushing Her Off Show
Ranking
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- Attorney General Merrick Garland says no one has told him to indict Trump
- Trump launches his fall push in Iowa to lock in his lead before the first Republican caucuses
- Alabama football coach Nick Saban analyzes the job Deion Sanders has done at Colorado
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- Search for missing Idaho woman resumes after shirt found mile from abandoned car, reports say
- A Danish artist submitted blank frames as artwork. Now, he has to repay the museum
- Suspects in child's fentanyl death at Bronx day care get federal charges
Recommendation
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Crash involving school van kills teen and injures 5 others, including 2 adults
These parts of California are suffering from poor air quality from wildfire smoke
A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Young Latinos unable to carry on a conversation in Spanish say they are shamed by others
Surveillance video prompts Connecticut elections officials to investigate Bridgeport primary
Russell Brand's assault, rape allegations being investigated: What his accusers say happened