A woman walks on Fifth Avenue carrying a flag showing support for former President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in New York. As the president showed off the office’s historic paintings to an awestruck Cohen, he mentioned in passing another, less august, matter. Nevertheless, the first indictment of a former president may now result from Trump’s payment to the porn star, one of the most tawdry of all of Trump’s alleged misdeeds and one with a long, rippling tail of criminal consequence that has touched nearly every person involved. Cohen testified that Trump directed him and Weisselberg to work together to come up with a plan to pay Daniels. According to federal prosecutors, Cohen failed to immediately pay Daniels, and she got antsy.
