
Prosecutors in the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are expected to call Michael Cohen to testify on Monday, as they look to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified business records to cover up payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to help his 2016 presidential campaign.
Arguably the prosecution's most important witness, Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, is at the heart of this case because in the heat of the 2016 election he paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump 10 years prior, an affair Trump has denied.