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Trump hush money trial continues as prosecution calls Michael Cohen's banker

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USA TODAY

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🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continued Friday in New York with more witness testimony.

President Joe Biden says he's willing to debate Donald Trump.

USA Democracy Reporter Erin Mansfield looks at how the Republican National Committee is getting involved with lawsuits around the country.

The top official overseeing federal college financial aid will leave his role this summer.

USA TODAY Pentagon Correspondent Tom Vanden Brook explains how the U.S. is upping its defenses against drones.

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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday April 27th, 2024. This is the

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excerpt. Today the latest from former President Donald Trump's hush money trial,

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plus President Donald Trump's hush money trial,

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and we look at how the US military is boosting its defense

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against drones.

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Former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial continued yesterday that gave Trump's legal team their chance to

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attack the story prosecutors have so far told of him colluding with a

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tabloid executive to boost his 2016 presidential campaign.

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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified this week

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about an alleged scheme to catch and kill stories that could have hurt Trump's 2016

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presidential election chances. Yesterday, Trump's 2016 presidential election chances.

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Yesterday, Trump's defense attorney elicited testimony from Peker

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that the tabloid had other motives for its actions

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besides helping Trump's campaign.

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After Peker's testimony concluded, the prosecution called former Donald Trump,

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executive assistant Rona Graf to the stand,

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Graf said she believed she created contact information entries for Trump for alleged hush money

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recipients Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels. She was cross-examined by a Trump

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attorney. The prosecution then began examining its third witness, Gary Pharaoh, the banker for

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former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, before the trial concluded for the day.

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