Former US president’s one-time fixer returns to the stand after testimony placing Trump at heart of ‘hush money’ scheme
Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court to give evidence in Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial on Monday. Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/APDonald Trump’s former fixer awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former US president’s lawyers on Tuesday after giving evidence that linked Mr Trump to all aspects of a “hush money” scheme.
“We need to stop this from getting out,” Mr Cohen quoted Mr Trump as telling him in reference to porn actor Stormy Daniels’s account of a sexual encounter with Mr Trump a decade earlier. The woman, Karen McDougal, was paid €150,000 dollarsin an arrangement that was made after Mr Trump received a “complete and total update on everything that transpired”.
The testimony of a witness with such intimate knowledge of Mr Trump’s activities could heighten the legal exposure of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for the presidency if jurors deem him sufficiently credible. The sedate atmosphere was a marked contrast from their last courtroom face-off in October, when Mr Trump walked out after his lawyer finished questioning Mr Cohen during his civil fraud trial.
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