Trump trial: Judge rules on alleged gag order violations, witnesses discuss Michael Cohen's payment to Stormy Daniels

Trump trial: Judge rules on alleged gag order violations, witnesses discuss Michael Cohen’s payment to Stormy Daniels


On Thursday, the prosecution’s third witness, finance executive Gary Farro, returned to provide his testimony in the New York criminal case brought against Donald Trump.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an alleged attempt to cover up so-called “hush money” payments made to Stormy Daniels, a porn actress, to keep quiet about an alleged extramarital affair.

Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, claimed that he made a $130,000 payment to Daniels at Trump’s request. Farro, Cohen’s former banker, returned for his second day on the stand Tuesday to detail how Cohen set up a new LLC to allegedly complete the transaction.

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Last week, Farro explained that Cohen urgently requested in 2016 that First Republic Bank open a

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