Keith Davidson is expected back on stand on Thursday; judge Juan Merchan will hold hearing on further claims Trump violated gag order
View image in fullscreenDonald Trump’s hush-money trial will pick up again today after the trial took a break on Wednesday – and jurors are due to hear again from the lawyer who negotiated deals on behalf of two women alleged to have had affairs with the former US president.
Davidson was questioned by prosecutors about texts in which he was asked whether Trump had cheated on his wife. In those texts, Howard asked Davidson: “Did he cheat on Melania?” “‘I really cannot say yet, sorry,’” Davidson said, reading his text to Howard aloud. Davidson testified that the payment to Daniels did not come even after both parties had reached a deal. Cohen made a series of excuses for the delay, Davidson said, noting that he “thought he was trying to kick the can down the round until after the election”.
Merchan said on Tuesday that he might jail Trump if he continues to defy the gag order, saying the fines allowed by New York law – $1,000 per violation – might not be enough to serve as a deterrent for someone of Trump’s wealth. The Guardian’s David Smith was on the campaign trail with Trump and reports the former president ran through his familiar litany of falsehoods and complaints., an outsized plane touched down as music from Tom Cruise’s film Top Gun boomed from loudspeakers. Late afternoon sunshine gleamed off five giant golden letters on the plane’s side – “TRUMP” – and its Rolls Royce engines. A crowd bedecked in red roared as the plane rolled to a standstill behind a blue “TRUMP” lectern.
The direct examination of the lawyer, Keith Davidson, is expected to continue on Thursday when the trial resumes. Here are the key takeaways from day nine of the trial, People of the State ofDonald Trump’s hush-money trial will pick up again today after the trial took a break on Wednesday – and jurors are due to hear again from the lawyer who negotiated deals on behalf of two women alleged to have had affairs with the former US president.
Davidson was questioned by prosecutors about texts in which he was asked whether Trump had cheated on his wife. In those texts, Howard asked Davidson: “Did he cheat on Melania?” “‘I really cannot say yet, sorry,’” Davidson said, reading his text to Howard aloud.
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