Former US president Donald Trump looks on during his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, on May 13.Donald Trump’s estranged former fixer Michael Cohen took the witness stand on Monday at the former U.S. president’s criminal trial, where he was expected to testify that he helped Trump illegally hide a payment to silence a porn star who said they had a sexual encounter.
While the jurors will be seeing Cohen in person for the first time, his presence has loomed over the trial. Witnesses have spoken about him dozens of times, while Trump’s defense lawyers attacked his credibility from the trial’s outset, calling him an untrustworthy liar in their opening statement. They say the altered business records covered up election-law and tax-law violations that elevate the 34 counts Trump faces from misdemeanors to felonies punishable by up to four years in prison.
Trump’s defense lawyers have told the 12 jurors and six alternates that Cohen is a liar who acted on his own when paying Daniels, seeking to distance Trump from the reimbursement checks and invoices at the heart of the case.
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