Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for they payment on the eve of the 2016 presidential election NEW YORK: Donald Trump 's New York criminal trial wrapped up its third week of evidence Friday following bombshell testimony from the adult film star at the heart of the case.with Trump in 2006, denied she threatened him if he did not buy her silence for US$130,000, a payment that prosecutors say Trump then covered up.
During nearly eight hours over two days, Daniels walked the New York jury through the one-night stand she said she had with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament, and then the financial settlement she says ensued. These were details that the defence argued were irrelevant to the case - but which they doubled down on and repeated during cross-examination.
It then heard on Friday from specialists at telecoms giants AT&T and Verizon who testified about phone records, and paralegals from the prosecutor's office who recapped key evidence against Trump.Trump has denied having sex with Daniels, and his lawyers asked the judge for a mistrial on the grounds her testimony was"extremely prejudicial" in what is essentially a financial records and election-related case.Trump's lawyers also suggested Daniels was out for the money.
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