Michael Cohen to testify in Trump trial on Monday

Michael Cohen, ex-lawyer for former President Donald Trump, is expected to testify on Monday, Fox News has learned. He is expected to be a start witness for DA Alvin Bragg.

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, right, outside federal court in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

But Trump defense attorneys say that the $35,000 payments were "not a payback," but instead, legal payments.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. 

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Trump speaks to the media as he leaves court during his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City.  (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, press secretary for the 2016 Trump campaign and White House communications director, Hope Hicks, testified that Cohen would call himself "Mr. Fix It," but only because "he first broke it." 

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She testified that he would often frustrate campaign staff and do things that were not helpful. 

The unprecedented trail of the former president and presumptive GOP nominee for the 2024 election resumed Friday for day 15 of witness testimony. 

Fox News Digital's Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report. 

Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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