Michael Cohen to continue testimony at Trump hush-money trial

Michael Cohen to continue testimony at Trump hush-money trial

Former fixer told Manhattan court on Monday that Trump had asked him to keep stories about his personal life out of the media

Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set to continue crucial testimony on Tuesday in the former US president’s New York hush-money trial, where Trump faces charges of allegedly falsifying records of payments to a porn actor to cover an affair.

Cohen’s testimony is seen as crucial to the prosecution’s arguments that the money paid to Stormy Daniels represented an election expense, because Trump and his campaign believed news of their sexual encounter would hurt his 2016 bid for the White House.

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