The prosecution’s key witness, Michael Cohen, is back on the stand to continue his testimony.
The $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels at the center of the hush money case was made by Cohen, then Trump’s personal attorney, who landed in federal prison over that transaction for breaking campaign finance laws.
Cohen has alleged Trump directed him to make the payment to Daniels in the final days of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump and his legal team attempted to bar Cohen from testifying, arguing that he’s committed perjury more than once in other cases, but the request was denied.
A longtime attorney of the former president before he occupied the Oval Office, Cohen had been one of Trump’s closest allies, famously pledging…
