Trump’s team has a lot to work with as it seeks to undercut Cohen. The attorney served jail time after pleading guilty to offenses including tax evasion, violations of campaign finance law and lying to Congress.

But on Monday other rather tawdry details were presented.

One episode involved Cohen seemingly defrauding the Trump Organization by claiming he had paid more out of his own funds than he really had done in a matter unrelated to Stormy Daniels.

The story involved a company, Red Finch, that had been hired to tilt an online poll about famous businesspeople in Trump’s favor.

According to Cohen, Trump owed Red Finch $50,000 for its work and was dodging payment. Cohen himself paid the owner of the company $20,000 in cash.

Cohen then pretended he had paid the full $50,000 when he claimed, and received, reimbursement from the Trump Organization.

The Boston Red Sox will sign pitcher Walker Buehler to a one-year contract, according to multiple sources. (Dec. 23, 2024)

A man and a woman who spent more than 17 years in prison for an East Hollywood murder had their convictions vacated, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Monday.

Annie Rose Ramos reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 23, 2024.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-woman-released-17-years-after-wrongul-convictions-in-east-los-angeles-murder/

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder and terror charges.

Erin Myers reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 23, 2024.

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/ap-luigi-mangione-to-appear-in-manhattan-court-to-face-state-charges-in-death-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo/

An Uber driver who was transporting two passengers is lucky to be alive Monday after a crash that sent scaffolding through his windshield in Los Angeles overnight.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 23, 2024.

Culver City Police Department officials are addressing the public after an incident in which two people waiting for a rideshare were robbed at gunpoint. (Dec. 23, 2024)

A Southern California police department reminded the public that Proposition 36 is now in effect by releasing video from earlier this month of two shoplifting suspects discussing the new law while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 23, 2024.

An illegal fireworks show lit up the night sky in one Los Angeles County city over the weekend.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 23, 2024.

Family, friends and colleagues gathered Sunday in Seal Beach to honor the life of Connor Lees, a firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department who died earlier this month during a recreational free dive.

This report aired Dec. 22, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/vigil-held-to-honor-l-a-firefighter-lost-at-sea-in-free-dive-off-long-beach/

A person died in a house fire in Eagle Rock late Sunday morning. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, crews were first dispatched to 5282 North Townsend Avenue around 11 a.m.

Carlos Saucedo reports Dec. 22, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/1-dead-in-eagle-rock-structure-fire/

The heartbroken family of a man who was shot to death in Boyle Heights earlier this week has identified the victim as a teenager who was returning home from dropping his sister off at work.

This report aired Dec. 22, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/19-year-old-fatally-shot-near-his-los-angeles-home-after-dropping-sister-off-at-work-family-says/

Two people aboard a small aircraft miraculously walked away from a crash landing onto a golf course in Carson Sunday with no more than just a few scratches.

Rachel Menitoff reports Dec. 22, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/plane-crash-on-southern-california-golf-course-leaves-2-hospitalized/

People lined the streets in Compton as a massive series of fireworks went off.

This report aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

Details: ktla.com