Michael D. Cohen, the longtime fixer to Donald J. Trump, who was set to go to trial next week against his former boss’s company in a dispute over legal fees, is expected to settle his lawsuit with the Trump Organization, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. …

The proposed settlement, which has not been finalized and the terms of which will be confidential, will likely become public at a court hearing on Friday morning. A separate lawsuit that Mr. Trump filed against Mr. Cohen in Florida federal court remains active, and Mr. Cohen is still expected to be the star witness against the former president in a Manhattan criminal trial next year.

[Yeah, a lousy star witness too. Bragg wants a jury to believe Cohen after having been earlier convicted of perjury, in order to sustain Bragg’s jerry-rigged indictment over the Stormy Daniels’ NDA payment. Will this convince Cohen to rethink his cooperation? That would be interesting … — Ed]