Disgraced former attorney Michael Cohen appeared as the prosecution’s star witness during the trial for the “hush money” case against President Donald Trump in New York on Monday.
During his testimony, Cohen, a convicted perjuror, produced an audio recording that he says he secretly made during a conversation with Trump.
Cohen says he secretly recorded the president on September 6, 2016, shortly before the election.
During Trump’s 16th day in court on Monday, Cohen testified that he secretly recorded his former boss on his iPhone.
Cohen claims the conversation was regarding a payment to former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.
According to Cohen’s testimony, Pecker had paid former Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to purchase her story.
McDougal claimed that she had an affair with Trump.
Cohen claims Pecker purchased the story from McDougal to quiet her claims ahead of the election.
According to Cohen, Pecker was asking to be paid back.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team played the recording to the jury before asking Cohen about the conversation.
However, the recording offered little in the way of evidence and nothing quite added up regarding Cohen’s explanation of it.
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