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Trump trial live: Judge warns the former president risks jail over gag order violations - BBC News Trump trial: Judge warns the former president risks jail over gag order violations - BBC News
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Kayla Epstein Phil McCausland
Reporting from court Reporting from New York
Prosecutors allege Trump broke the law by falsely recording reimbursements to Michael Cohen as legal expenses, and that he did so to cover up or commit a second crime. We are ending another day of covering the first criminal trial of a former president - Donald Trump.
Trump’s defence attorneys strategy today - and in much of the case - has been to distance Trump from the payments and undercut the witness’ testimony. It was an eventful one: Trump was threatened with jail time for violating his gag order, and the prosecution introduced key evidence that corresponds with the 34 charges of falsifying business records that the former president faces.
While under cross-examination, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified that Trump never directed him to oversee Cohen's reimbursements. Prosecutors estimate that they need about two more weeks to finish making their case, so join us again tomorrow in the BBC's continuing coverage from the courtroom.
Trump employee Deborah Tarasoff, meanwhile, told the defence team that she just followed direction - which also typically never came from Trump directly. She admitted that she had a limited view of the payments. This page featured Madeline Halpert, Kayla Epstein and Nada Tawfik reporting from court in New York.
The defence knows that they have to establish Trump's distance from Cohen's reimbursement to win this case, and they're making prosecutors work to establish their claims about the former president. It was edited by Jessica Murphy, Lisa Lambert and Phil McCausland.
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