News about Michael Cohen, trial, and Donald Trump

Cohen said Trump authorized the deal and assured him he'd pay him back. Prosecutors say Trump did so in a series of payments falsely recorded as legal expenses to conceal the real reason for them. He was has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Here Are the Highlights. Mr. Cohen, Donald J. Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, spent four days on the stand in Mr. Trump's criminal trial. He was the last witness called by prosecutors.

In hours of highly anticipated testimony, Cohen placed Trump at the center of the hush money plot, saying the then-candidate had promised to reimburse the lawyer for the money he fronted and was constantly updated about behind-the-scenes efforts to bury stories feared to be harmful to the campaign.