Donald Trump sat face to face with Michael Cohen for the first time in years at his $250m civil fraud trial in New York.
Cohen, the former president’s onetime attorney and “fixer”, took the witness stand and testified he had been instructed to fraudulently increase valuations of key Trump assets.
The day ended with a series of heated exchanges as Trump attorney Alina Habba cross-examined the one-time Trump Organization insider.
Shortly after the day in court concluded in New York, news broke that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has spoken with special counsel Jack Smith's team multiple times this year, including once before a federal grand jury about 2020 election interference, after he was granted immunity to testify under oath, ABC News reported.
Mr Meadows is said to have informed prosecutors that he repeatedly told Mr Trump after the presidential election that allegations of significant voting fraud were baseless.
Meanwhile, in the latest developments out of Fulton County, Georgia, former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis became the fourth co-defendant of the former president to strike a plea deal with prosecutors. In a tearful statement to the court, she expressed “deep remorse” for her involvement.