May 14 (UPI) -- Donald Trump's former lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen was back on the stand in Manhattan Tuesday to testify to the specifics of his role in Trump's hush-money trial.
Cohen's testimony Tuesday largely focused on the invoices Cohen filed to be reimbursed for the hush-money payments he allegedly facilitated to Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair she alleged she had with Trump in order to suppress the story ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The jury saw emails from as far back as 2017 from Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney to Cohen to remind him about a $35,000 payment. Cohen asked McConney to remind him the monthly amount he is supposed to invoice to which he replied and confirmed it was a $35,000 payment.
Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger confirmed that Cohen did not have a legal retainer agreement at the time with Trump and that the invoices had been consistent with directions given by then-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, to receive compensation for the payments.
Hoffinger asked Cohen if the description in the invoices for legal services rendered had been true, to which he said no. She then asked what the series of payments laid out by the invoices actually were for.