Prosecution rests in whirlwind Trump hush money trial
Source: The Hill
05/20/24 3:15 PM ET
Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have rested their case against former President Trump, bringing the first criminal trial of a U.S. president in the country’s history nearer to a close.
Over four weeks of sometimes salacious, oftentimes feisty testimony, Trump’s jury of 12 New Yorkers heard from a smattering of witnesses ranging from 2016 campaign allies and Trump Organization employees to ex-tabloid publishers, a porn star and an ex-fixer.
Prosecutors told the story of how a $130,000 hush money payment was made to keep allegations of an affair quiet ahead of Trump’s 2016 election, arguing it was unlawfully repaid and that false records helped cover it up. They also theorized that the scheme was conducted in order to improperly influence the election, which Trump ended up winning. It was a victory that at the time stunned the political world and still reverberates today.
The two witnesses that gave perhaps the most gripping testimony were Stormy Daniels, the woman paid the hush money, and Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney who coordinated it all.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4666498-prosecution-rests-trump-hush-money-trial/
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it was a "whirlwind" of epic proportions. 