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Michael Cohen suggested Donald Trump wasn't worried about wife Melania leaving him over the Stormy Daniels affair story during his blockbuster testimony on Monday.
The former president's fixer took the stand in the Manhattan hush money trial and detailed how he arranged payments to keep accusers quiet before the 2016 election.
He told the jury he thought the salacious Daniels story would be 'catastrophic' for the campaign and revealed how the then-future first lady reacted to accusations about her husband.
Step-by-step, he explained how he came to agreements with the National Enquirer and Trump's female accusers to kill their stories before the 2016 election.
Part of his work was to keep trying to delay payments until after the November vote.
Michael Cohen suggested Donald Trump wasn't worried about wife Melania leaving him over the Stormy Daniels affair story during his blockbuster testimony on Monday
The payments are at the heart of the prosecution's case that Trump hid $130,000 used to silence Daniels as legal expenses.
Cohen, now Trump's nemesis, has been touted as the star witness for the prosecution and could make of break the first trial of a former president in history.
His credibility is central to whether he can persuade the jury, having already spent time in jail for lying to Congress.
Trump appeared to have his eyes closed throughout most of the testimony, and kept his reactions to a bare minimum. At times he also seemed to fall asleep.
But he shook his head and smirked when Cohen started discussing how his family reacted to lurid claims surfacing.
Cohen told the jury he thought the salacious Daniels story would be 'catastrophic' for the campaign and revealed how the then-future first lady reacted to accusations about her husband. Trump and Melania are pictured in 2016
Trump appeared to have his eyes closed throughout most of the testimony, and kept his reactions to a bare minimum. At times he seemed to fall asleep
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asked Cohen whether he spoke to Trump about how the Stormy Daniels story was going over with with Melania.
It was just before the 2016 general election battle with
