Donald Trump’s hush money trial is set to resume Thursday in Manhattan criminal court, where Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and so-called fixer, is expected to be back on the witness stand to give more testimony about his role in facilitating the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal the sexual affair she says had with the former president.
Cohen testified for nearly 10 hours on Monday and Tuesday about the hush money agreement he struck with Daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election for her to stay silent about her alleged tryst with Trump a decade earlier. Under direct questioning, Cohen told the court that Trump directed him to pay Daniels and approved a scheme to conceal his reimbursement.
Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal the hush money payment to Daniels.
Below, get live updates on the trial, including direct quotes and other details from media reports.
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