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wrapping up his first day of blockbuster testimony detailing the Stormy Daniels

Hushbunny deal and how Donald Trump was

allegedly involved in covering up his relationship with the adult film star and her

130,000000 payoff.

The longtime Trump fixer and lawyer telling jurors his former boss was only concerned about the impact

on his 2016 presidential campaign and that Trump, and I'm'm quoting now wasn't thinking at all

about his wife Malania. For the next hour we'll take you inside the

courtroom from gavel to gavel with new transcripts breaking down all of today's most important developments

and looking ahead to what's next.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer with a special report in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Flitzer with a special

report in the situation room, the Trump trial today. Let's get right to the breaking news on today's high stakes testimony against Donald

Trump Michael Cohen zeroing in on what Trump knew about the stormy Donald Trump

knew about the Stormy Daniels hush money deal and the alleged criminal cover-up.

Cohen, insisting more than once that Trump had an urgent motive to protect his 2016 presidential

campaign.

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