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 Carlos Barria/ReutersDonald Trump's hush-money trial will resume Monday with more cross-examination of Michael Cohen, the former president's one-time lawyer and fixer who is at the epicenter of the historic case.
It will probably be Cohen's final day on the stand after already delivering explosive testimony about his old boss' alleged involvement in the $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about a sexual liaison with Trump. Trump's defense attorneys will likely continue with questioning designed to chip away at the credibility of Cohen—the last prosecution witness in the trial.
Prosecutors claim Trump broke the law by falsifying business records to conceal the hush-money payment to Daniels. He did so, they claim, to protect his 2016 presidential campaign from Daniels' potentially damaging story of an extramarital one-night stand coming to light. Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case and has denied having sex with Daniels.
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