Key witness Michael Cohen is one of two final people expected to testify for the prosecution at the hush money trial of ex-President Donald Trump next week, prosecutors said Friday, signaling that the end of the historic trial is in sight.
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Trump's personal attorney and fixer turned sworn enemy, Cohen, a Lawrence native, is expected to take the jury inside what prosecutors have said was a conspiracy between the men and a tabloid publisher to pay off women who allegedly had sexual encounters with Trump in order to keep the stories of his affairs from hurting his chances at winning the 2016 presidential election.
The prosecution told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan M. Merchan Friday it could rest its case as early as the end of next week.
Trump's lead defense attorney Todd Blanche asked Merchan to order Cohen, who has been vocally critical of Trump on social media — including Cohen wearing a T-shirt depicting Trump behind bars on the social media application TikTok recently, according to Blanche — to keep quiet about the case until he completes his testimony.