Michael Cohen set to wrap up Trump trial testimony as case shifts to new section

Michael Cohen, the prosecution’s ultimate witness in Donald Trump’s legal trial, is returning to the stand for a fourth day of testimony Monday, the final look he’s anticipated to make.

Cohen is the important thing witness within the case in opposition to Trump as the one one who has testified that Trump had private information of an alleged scheme to falsify enterprise data to cowl up reimbursements for a pre-election “hush cash” cost to an grownup movie star in 2016.

He is already confronted seven hours of withering cross-examination depicting him as a frequent liar who’s obsessive about Trump and decided to earn a living off the circumstances in opposition to him. Trump legal professional Todd Blanche mentioned on Could 16, the latest day of proceedings, that he has a minimum of an hour of questions remaining for Cohen.

Prosecutors, who want Cohen’s testimony to seal the case, even have extra questions for him.

Final week, Blanche performed for the jury clips of Cohen speaking about Trump final 12 months on his podcast.

“I really f–king hope that this man leads to jail,” Cohen was heard saying in a single clip. “You higher imagine I need this man to go down and decay inside for what he did to my household.”

Cohen has admitted to mendacity beneath oath concerning the $130,000 “hush cash” cost to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels earlier than the 2016 election. Cohen pleaded responsible to federal costs in 2018 stemming from the deal, together with financial institution fraud and marketing campaign finance violations.

Prosecutors allege 34 enterprise data had been falsified to cowl up that cost, and have proven the jury the invoices, vouchers and checks that correspond to every felony cost Trump faces. The previous president has pleaded not responsible.