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Donald Trump attorney Will Scharf says Michael Cohen ‘completely collapsed’ on stand in hush money case

An attorney for former President Trump suggested Sunday that his defense team no longer needed to question Michael Cohen’s testimony after he “completely collapsed” on the stand last week.

Cohen, Trump’s one-time fixer and attorney, took the witness stand last week in the former president’s hush money trial and was later grilled by Trump’s defense team during cross-examination.

“Michael Cohen, I believe, has just completely collapsed on the stand under the most frequent cross-examination by President Trump’s trial team,” attorney Will Scharf said on “Fox News Sunday.” “So, at this moment, I don’t think there’s any further need to call

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‘If I were his lawyer, I would threaten to resign’ if Trump wanted to testify

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BC Law Society says lawyers’ independence threatened, sues province

The Legal Professions Act, which would represent lawyers, notaries and paralegals, was proclaimed law on Thursday.

Published May 20, 2024 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 4 minute read

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A new BC law that removes the right of lawyers and other legal personnel to regulate their own profession is being challenged by lawyer groups in the BC Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. Pictured here, the statue of Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie — the first Chief Justice of
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Senate confirms LGBTQ labor attorney to seat on appeals court

The top attorney for one of the largest US labor unions on Tuesday won US Senate approval for a seat on the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the first openly LGBTQ judge to serve on the Richmond, Virginia-based court.

The Democratic-led Senate on a 50-47 vote confirmed Nicole Berner, the Service Employees International Union’s general counsel, with Republicans opposing her citing her advocacy against right-to-work laws and for liberal causes.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia crossed party lines to vote against Berner, as the moderate has done with some of Democratic President Joe Biden’s other

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