'Somber-looking group': Retired judge describes miserable Trump allies in court
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Donald Trump came to court with nearly two dozen allies as former attorney Michael Cohen took the stand in his hush money trial Monday.Cohen testified that he paid off adult film star Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence ahead of the 2016 election — and retired Queens County Supreme Court Justice George Grasso told CNN that Trump and his allies did not look happy when they left for lunch."He comes across poised, cool, calm and collected, and I saw the Trump team," Grasso said. "Trump came in...

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