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Michael Cohen testified that Donald Trump directed him to inflate asset values to hit “whatever number” Trump wanted, putting the former president at the center of the fraud case in a way that is hard to spin away.
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Michael Cohen testified that Donald Trump directed him to inflate asset values to hit “whatever number” Trump wanted, putting the former president at the center of the fraud case in a way that is hard to spin away.
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