Trump trial: Anticipation builds for star witnesses

Former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York will resume Monday with prosecutors calling on more witnesses to try to prove to a jury that the former president concealed hush money payments to influence the 2016 presidential election.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team has spent two weeks questioning eight witnesses, including some high-profile names, but the prosecution’s headliner, Michael Cohen, has not appeared yet, nor have other prominent figures in the case.

Cohen is perhaps the most highly anticipated witness for the prosecution, but it is unclear who else might appear on the stand. Prominent figures who could enter the courtroom in the coming days and weeks include porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump’s former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, or former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg. Madeleine Westerhout, Trump’s former director of Oval Office operations, is another Read more…

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