"Trump's Pre-Trial Assault on Michael Cohen Sparks Controversy"

Two days before his New York criminal trial, Donald Trump attacked his former attorney Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a key witness in the case. Cohen's allegations that Trump directed him to facilitate hush money payments to Stormy Daniels are at the heart of the case. Trump's posts on Truth Social may violate a gag order barring him from making extrajudicial statements about potential witnesses. The trial involves 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records related to the 2016 presidential election.