Michael Cohen arrives at court for blockbuster day in Trump trial
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Summary
- Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has arrived at a New York court to testify in the former president's historic hush-money trial
- Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 (£104,300) to stay quiet about claims that she and Trump had sex in 2006
- Trump is accused of trying to cover up the payments he made to reimburse Cohen by fraudulently recording them in his business records
- Cohen was once Trump's close ally but they are now fierce enemies and have both come under fire for comments made about each other on social media
- Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of fraud and also denies having any sexual encounter with Daniels
- The prosecution has said it has two more witnesses to call, and could wrap up its case as early as the end of this week
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