We’re wrapping up our live coverage of Trump’s hush-money trial for the day.
For more on today’s developments:
Donald Trump has yet again decried the proceedings in New York as a “witch- hunt”, a term the former president has returned to repeatedly to describe his legal troubles.
“This is really a concerted witch-hunt, very simple,” Trump said to reporters on Friday afternoon after the trial wrapped for the day.
The former president complained of his treatment in New York, criticizing the judges who heard his earlier New York civil fraud trial and defamation case, and describing the hush-money trial as an “outrage” designed to hurt his campaign for the White House.
Trump has routinely used his legal troubles to rally supporters and spread conspiracy theories.
Updated
