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| Prosecutors also plan to call Daniels as a witness.<ref name="StormyWitness">{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Vogt |first2=Adrienne |last3=Hayes |first3=Mike |last4=Powell |first4=Tori B. |last5=Iyer |first5=Kaanita |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Prosecutors say they intend for Stormy Daniels to be a witness |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...t-04-04-23/h_0dfa0300ff24fbbe63596aac498f6637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023040...t-04-04-23/h_0dfa0300ff24fbbe63596aac498f6637 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Other expected witnesses include [[Madeleine Westerhout]] (director of [[Oval Office Operations]] in 2019) and a former employee of the organization's accounting department.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Katersky |first1=Aaron |last2=Faulders |first2=Katherine |last3=Charalambous |first3=Peter |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Witnesses in Trump's hush money trial likely to include former members of his inner circle, sources say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/witnesses...ial-include-former-members/story?id=108901965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...ial-include-former-members/story?id=108901965 |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Allen Weisselberg is not expected to testify.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Scannell |first1=Kara |last2=del Valle |first2=Lauren |date=2024-03-04 |title=Ex-Trump Org. CFO pleads guilty to perjury charges |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/politics/allen-weisselberg-trump-org-cfo-plea-perjury/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030...selberg-trump-org-cfo-plea-perjury/index.html |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> On May 2, 2024, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' broke a story that Weisselberg had assisted the 2016 campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sollenberger |first=Roger |date=2024-05-02 |title=Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/email...nt-allen-weisselberg-had-secret-campaign-role |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> | Prosecutors also plan to call Daniels as a witness.<ref name="StormyWitness">{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Vogt |first2=Adrienne |last3=Hayes |first3=Mike |last4=Powell |first4=Tori B. |last5=Iyer |first5=Kaanita |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Prosecutors say they intend for Stormy Daniels to be a witness |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-n...t-04-04-23/h_0dfa0300ff24fbbe63596aac498f6637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023040...t-04-04-23/h_0dfa0300ff24fbbe63596aac498f6637 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Other expected witnesses include [[Madeleine Westerhout]] (director of [[Oval Office Operations]] in 2019) and a former employee of the organization's accounting department.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Katersky |first1=Aaron |last2=Faulders |first2=Katherine |last3=Charalambous |first3=Peter |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Witnesses in Trump's hush money trial likely to include former members of his inner circle, sources say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/witnesses...ial-include-former-members/story?id=108901965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...ial-include-former-members/story?id=108901965 |archive-date=April 11, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Allen Weisselberg is not expected to testify.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Scannell |first1=Kara |last2=del Valle |first2=Lauren |date=2024-03-04 |title=Ex-Trump Org. CFO pleads guilty to perjury charges |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/politics/allen-weisselberg-trump-org-cfo-plea-perjury/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030...selberg-trump-org-cfo-plea-perjury/index.html |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> On May 2, 2024, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' broke a story that Weisselberg had assisted the 2016 campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sollenberger |first=Roger |date=2024-05-02 |title=Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/email...nt-allen-weisselberg-had-secret-campaign-role |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> |
| Trump stated on April 12, 2024, that he intended to testify in his own defense, though he is not required to. He stated that "all I can do is tell the truth. And the truth is that there's no case."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |last3=Protess |first3=Ben |date=April 12, 2024 |title=Trump Says He Intends to Testify in His Manhattan Criminal Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyregion/trump-trial-testify-hush-money-case.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...gion/trump-trial-testify-hush-money-case.html |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On April 16, countering claims that payments to Cohen were illegitimately filed as legal expenses, Trump told reporters that "I was paying a lawyer, and I marked it down as a legal expense. ... That's exactly what it was;"<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Reinstein |first1=Julia |last2=Charalambous |first2=Peter |last3=Katersky |first3=Aaron |last4=Bruggeman |first4=Lucien |last5=Rubin |first5=Olivia |date=April 16, 2024 |title=4 big takeaways from Day 2 of Trump's hush money trial |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/US/4-big-takeaways-day-2-trumps-hush-money/story?id=109324527 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...ys-day-2-trumps-hush-money/story?id=109324527 |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> however, Jeffrey McConney (former Trump Organization comptroller) would later acknowledge how he did in fact instruct the falsification of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as "legal expenses" to the Trump Organization payroll handler under the guise of a "retain" agreement, and ledger documents tied the reimbursement payments to Trump himself as well.<ref name=mcconneytestifying /> On May 2, Trump claimed to reporters that the gag order would prevent him from testifying. The judge pointed this out as false the following morning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grenoble |first=Ryan |date=2024-05-03 |title=Judge Calls Out Trump For Making False Claims About Gag Order |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-gag-order-testify-hush-money_n_6634f73ee4b0fc2b95294bf5 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> On May 3, Trump posted to Truth Social about the recording of him and Cohen discussing reimbursing Pecker for the payment to McDougal,<ref name="hicktestifies" /><ref name=":21" /><blockquote>The tape played yesterday and discussed today, while good for my case, was cut off at the end, in the early stages of something very positive that I was in the midst of saying. Why was it cut off???</blockquote> | Trump stated on April 12, 2024, that he intended to testify in his own defense, though he is not required to. He stated that "all I can do is tell the truth. And the truth is that there's no case."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah E. |last3=Protess |first3=Ben |date=April 12, 2024 |title=Trump Says He Intends to Testify in His Manhattan Criminal Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/nyregion/trump-trial-testify-hush-money-case.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...gion/trump-trial-testify-hush-money-case.html |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On April 16, countering claims that payments to Cohen were illegitimately filed as legal expenses, Trump told reporters that "I was paying a lawyer, and I marked it down as a legal expense. ... That's exactly what it was;"<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Reinstein |first1=Julia |last2=Charalambous |first2=Peter |last3=Katersky |first3=Aaron |last4=Bruggeman |first4=Lucien |last5=Rubin |first5=Olivia |date=April 16, 2024 |title=4 big takeaways from Day 2 of Trump's hush money trial |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/US/4-big-takeaways-day-2-trumps-hush-money/story?id=109324527 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024041...ys-day-2-trumps-hush-money/story?id=109324527 |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> however, Jeffrey McConney (former Trump Organization comptroller) would later acknowledge how he did in fact instruct the falsification of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as "legal expenses" to Trump Organization payroll handler after telling her it was part of a "retain" agreement, and ledger documents tied the reimbursement payments to Trump himself as well.<ref name=mcconneytestifying /> On May 2, Trump claimed to reporters that the gag order would prevent him from testifying. The judge pointed this out as false the following morning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grenoble |first=Ryan |date=2024-05-03 |title=Judge Calls Out Trump For Making False Claims About Gag Order |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-gag-order-testify-hush-money_n_6634f73ee4b0fc2b95294bf5 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> On May 3, Trump posted to Truth Social about the recording of him and Cohen discussing reimbursing Pecker for the payment to McDougal,<ref name="hicktestifies" /><ref name=":21" /><blockquote>The tape played yesterday and discussed today, while good for my case, was cut off at the end, in the early stages of something very positive that I was in the midst of saying. Why was it cut off???</blockquote> |
| === Contempt hearings === | === Contempt hearings === |
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