Prosecutors say they may wrap up their presentation of evidence by the end of the week.
Michael Cohen has directly implicated former president Donald Trump in a hush money scheme, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign.
The Trump Tower doorman was paid 30,000 dollars to keep the story “off the market” even though the claim was ultimately deemed unfounded. Again, the order was clear: “Make sure it doesn’t get released,” Mr Cohen said Trump told him. The woman was paid 150,000 dollars to stay quiet.Mr Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer is by far the Manhattan district attorney’s most important witness in the case, and his much-awaited appearance signalled that the first criminal trial of a former American president is entering its final stretch.
Though jurors have heard from others about the tabloid industry practice of “catch-and-kill,” in which rights to a story are purchased so it can be quashed, Mr Cohen’s testimony is especially important to prosecutors because of his proximity to Trump and because he says he was directly co-ordinating with the then-candidate about the payments.
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