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Trump on trial: What to know as case moves toward pivotal witness

This week porn star Stormy Daniels provided some of the most explosive testimony yet in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in a Manhattan courtroom.

Under oath, and in front of a jury, Ms. Daniels described in vivid detail her alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump during a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in 2006 – something the former president has publicly denied ever occurred.

But for all the drama of her testimony and cross-examination by Trump attorneys, Ms. Daniels was something of a preliminary witness. 

The trial is now barreling toward what may be the most confrontational and legally important moment yet: the appearance of former Trump personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen on the stand.

Mr. Cohen almost certainly will be the only witness to together.

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