NEW YORK - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected to call more witnesses on Tuesday as they build out their argument that he was responsible for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star in the run-up to the 2016 election.Prosecutors have shown the former president's signature was on payments at the heart of the case. Over the next two weeks they aim to demonstrate that Trump, running again for president, was responsible then for an illegal cover-up.
A former Trump employee testified he had been told by Trump's top financial officer that the reimbursements to Cohen were for expenses incurred during the campaign. That could undercut an argument made by Trump's lawyers that the payments were for legal work. Pecker was targeted in a"swatting" incident, meant to trigger a potentially dangerous response by law enforcement, the same day he took the witness stand, according to police records seen by Reuters.