Tommy Tuberville in court with Donald Trump as Michael Cohen expected to testify
Alabama U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville was in court this morning with other Republican lawmakers for a day of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s ongoing trial for falsifying business records.
Tuberville was joined by Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY). They could be seen in the background as Trump addressed the media before entering court.
The trial is in its 16th day.
The fourth week of witness testimony in Trump’s hush money trial is expected to begin with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen taking the stand on Monday.
The long-anticipated testimony from Trump’s former personal fixer would follow a breathtaking buildup by prosecutors of a case that ultimately hinges on record-keeping.
Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records to cover up hush money payments that Cohen made as part of efforts to buy and bury stories that might hurt the former president’s 2016 campaign.
Text messages, audio recordings, notes and more have all been introduced or shown to jurors in recent weeks to illustrate what prosecutors say was a scheme to illegally influence the election that year.
And sometimes dramatic testimony from witnesses that included former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, ex-Trump staffers and porn actor Stormy Daniels added to the intrigue.
The prosecution could wrap its case this week after telling the judge on Friday that they expected to call just two more witnesses.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.