NEW YORK – In the third week of testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, jurors have seen dozens of dry records and heard hours of sordid stories. This week’s witnesses included Ms Stormy Daniels, an adult film-star who was paid $130,000 (S$176,000) in hush money by Trump’s one-time fixer when her story of a sexual encounter threatened to derail the then-candidate’s 2016 presidential bid. Trump is charged with masking his reimbursement to the fixer, Mr Michael Cohen, by orchestrating the falsification of 34 documents related to the transaction.
The first American president to face criminal proceedings, Trump has denied the felony charges and having had sex with Ms Daniels. If convicted, he could face probation or prison. Here are the most memorable things said in court over the past seven days: Trump’s words echoed through the courtroom on May 2, pulled from an audio clip that Mr Cohen surreptitiously recorded in 2016.
He and Trump were discussing a payment to Mr David Pecker, then the publisher of The National Enquirer, to suppress the story of a Playboy model, Ms Karen McDougal, who said she had had an affair with Trump. “I need to open up a company for the transfer of all that info regarding our friend David,” Mr Cohen said on the recording. Trump directed Mr Cohen to “pay with cash.
” It was a key piece of evidence demonstrating that Cohen had spoken with Trump regarding at least one of the hush-money payoffs made during the presidential campaign, an.
