迈克尔·科恩预计将于周一在纽约的一个大陪审团面前作证，该陪审团正在听取前总统唐纳德·特朗普涉嫌在一场给斯托米·丹尼尔斯的封口费知情人士告诉ABC新闻。
特朗普的前私人律师科恩在2016年竞选的最后几天向这位成人电影明星支付了13万美元，让她对她声称与特朗普的婚外情保持沉默。特朗普否认了这一事件。
曼哈顿地区检察官办公室一直在调查特朗普组织涉嫌报销科恩时，特朗普是否伪造了业务记录，然后将这笔报销款作为法律费用入账给科恩。最近几周，特朗普的前顾问霍普·希克斯、凯莉安妮·康威(Kellyanne Conway)和其他几名证人已经作证。
科恩在监狱服刑在他对包括与封口费相关的竞选财务违规在内的联邦指控认罪后。指控文件称，科恩是在“个人1”的命令下采取行动的，他已经确认这个人是特朗普。
消息人士此前告诉ABC新闻，地区检察官办公室最近告知特朗普他有权在大陪审团面前作证。纽约法律要求所谓的“交叉通知”，因此潜在被告有机会向大陪审团讲述他们的故事，但通常只有在检察官计划推进起诉的情况下，才会发出邀请。
前特朗普律师迈克尔·科恩在2023年2月8日抵达纽约会见曼哈顿地区检察官时，向媒体发表了一份简短声明。
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川普是否会出现不得而知。据消息人士称，他的律师最近去了地方检察官办公室会见检察官。
该办公室的一名女发言人拒绝置评。
曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格(Alvin Bragg)此前赢得了特朗普公司及其前首席财务官艾伦·韦塞尔伯格(Allen Weisselberg)的税务欺诈定罪，但特朗普本人从未被指控犯罪。特朗普集团表示将对该判决提起上诉。
特朗普将调查斥为政治迫害，并坚称自己“绝对没有错”。他的发言人称在纽约起诉的可能性“简直是疯狂”
特朗普还在等待其他两个实体的指控决定:佐治亚州富尔顿县的地区检察官正在调查推翻该州2020年总统选举结果的努力，司法部长梅里克·加兰任命的特别顾问正在调查特朗普在1月6日美国国会大厦袭击事件中的角色以及他对机密材料的处理。
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before Manhattan grand jury
Michael Cohenis expected to testify Monday before a grand jury in New York that is hearing evidence of former President Donald Trump's alleged role in ahush payment to Stormy Daniels, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, paid $130,000 to the adult film star in the closing days of the 2016 campaign to keep her quiet about an affair she claimed to have had with Trump. Trump has denied the affair.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has been investigating whether Trump falsified business records when the Trump Organization allegedly reimbursed Cohen and then booked the reimbursement to Cohen as a legal expense. In recent weeks former Trump advisers Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway and several other witnesses have testified.
Cohen served prison timeafter he pleaded guilty to federal charges that included campaign finance violations related to the hush payment. Charging documents said Cohen acted at the behest of "Individual 1," who he has identified as Trump.
The district attorney's office recently informed Trump of his right to testify before the grand jury, sources have previously told ABC News. New York law requires so-called "cross notice" so potential defendants are afforded a chance to tell the grand jury their side of the story but the invitation is typically only extended if prosecutors are planning to move forward with an indictment.
It is not known whether Trump will appear. His lawyers have recently gone into the district attorney's office to meet with prosecutors, according to sources.
A spokeswoman for the office declined to comment.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has previously won the tax fraud convictions of Trump's company and its former finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, but Trump himself has never been charged with a crime. The Trump Organization said it would appeal the conviction.
Trump has dismissed the investigation as a witch hunt and has insisted he did "absolutely nothing wrong." His spokesman has called the possibility of an indictment in New York "simply insane."
Trump is also awaiting charging decisions from two other entities: the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results on the state and a special counsel appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland is investigating Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and his handling of classified material.
