Emily Saul

The annual event, hosted by the Asian American Judges Association, honored Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, and Queens Supreme Court Justice Ushir Pandit-Durant.

Defense denial of any affair between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels during their opening statements immediately “pitted” Daniels’ credibility against Trump’s, allowing explicit testimony, the judge ruled.

The issue arose as prosecutors wound down their case in chief. An assistant Manhattan DA said the prosecution had two more witnesses and could rest by the end of next week.

Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for “legal services rendered” and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.

Defense counsel Todd Blanche mined the disbarred lawyer's social-media output in an attempt to show that Cohen was obsessed with his ex-employer, the ex-president.

Attorneys Kristin Gibbons Feden and Mike Della have secured at least $533.5 million in awards against ex-doctor Stuart Copperman. They represent more than 100 plaintiffs who allege Copperman sexually abused them as children.

Michael Cohen previously testified he called Trump to let him know the Stormy Daniels matter was handled. But the defense showed texts suggesting the call was actually over harassing messages from a purported 14-year-old.