News about Michael Cohen, Donald Trump

Michael Cohen says Trump called him after the WSJ published an article about Karen McDougal's claims just before the 2016 election. Trump was "angry," Cohen says, "because there was a negative story that once again could impact the campaign as a result of women."

Michael Cohen says he had a conversation with Trump in Oct. 2016 in which Trump said he had "spoken to some friends, some individuals, very smart people, and that it’s $130,000, you’re a millionaire, just pay it." "There's no reason to keep this thing out there. Just do it,"…

Coming up, a two-hour special on CNN of the biggest takeaways from Trump’s trial today and Michael Cohen’s testimony. Join us from 8-10 ET.

Michael Cohen testifies that Donald Trump told him it was Melania’s idea to spin the Access Hollywood comments as “locker room talk.” (Not sure we’ve heard that before.)