Trump trial: Prosecutors compare Cohen to ‘tour guide’ for hush money crimes

Published May 28, 2024 4:52pm ET



NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors began their closing arguments Tuesday afternoon in the hush money case against Donald Trump, comparing the former president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to a “tour guide” for the 34-count indictment.

Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass acknowledged that the defense used Cohen’s history of credibility issues as a theme for their own closing arguments, accusing Trump of wanting to make Michael Cohen the focus of the case during his attorney Todd Blanche’s closing arguments earlier in the day.

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