Former President Donald Trump will be back in a New York City courtroom Tuesday as his business records trial resumes.
Prosecutors are tipped to pick up questioning of Michael Cohen’s former banker as proceedings get underway again in Manhattan.
Trump is the first U.S. former president to face criminal charges, and his required attendance in court is limiting the 77-year-old’s time on the campaign trail less than seven months before his likely election rematch with President Joe Biden in the 2024 race for the White House.
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C-SPANThe Republican is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 funneled to porn star Stormy Daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton.
Daniels, 45, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was threatening at the time to go public with her story about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump that could have potentially derailed his White House campaign.
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Trump denies having sex with Daniels while holding firm against his indictment, claiming it is a “witch hunt” brought by Democrats to torpedo the ex-president’s bid to recapture the White House in November.
Gary Farro, a former senior managing director of the now defunct First Republic Bank, was briefly on the witness stand Friday when court was adjourned until Tuesday.
