In testimony Donald Trump‘s hush money case will continue on Tuesday morning, which may be at the initial midpoint. Criminal v. Former President of the United States.
At the end of Monday’s trial, a New York state judge Juan Merchan He asked the prosecutors how the case was going from a scheduling standpoint and how much time they needed.
“This week and next week and maybe the week after,” said Joshua Steinglass of the Manhattan district attorney’s office. “Two weeks from tomorrow, maybe?”
It is the third week of court testimony.
The exchange between Merchan and prosecutors followed a day of testimony from a former Trump Organization supervisor. and is the first current employee to hold the position of Accounts Payable Controller in the company.
It is not clear who will be the next witness. Steinglass told Merchan on Monday that prosecutors are trying to withhold that information because Trump has repeatedly gone after two expected witnesses — former lawyer Michael Cohen and veteran film actor Stormy Daniels — on the social media platform despite a gag order. from the assault witnesses and the jury. merchant Trump was fined $1,000 on Monday morning, April 1, was found to have violated the curfew for the 10th time.
Trump’s legal team has the prosecution’s witness list, but it has not been made public. Cohen and Daniels are both expected to testify at the same time.
It is not known if Trump or other defense witnesses were present will take position.
In testimony Monday, a former Trump Organization executive Jeff McConney testified about instructions he said he received from then-CFO Allen Weisselberg about the $130,000 reimbursement plan to Cohen. McConney said Cohen doubled the amount he had to help with his taxes, and the payments were listed as a $35,000-a-month “retainer” for his legal services.
Prosecutors said Cohen’s money went to Daniels in 2006 to silence him near the end of the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump denies his claim.
Deborah Tarasoff, the accounts payable supervisor and the first Trump Organization employee to testify, was the one who cut Cohen’s checks. He said they were sent for Trump’s signature while he was president. The checks, bearing Trump’s distinctive Sharpie signature, were presented to the jury on Monday.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the payment. He begged not guilty.