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Prosecutors played an audio recording of a 2016 phone call between President Trump and his then attorney Michael Cohen in court. On the call you hear Trump respond to Cohen saying he needed to open a company, and that he's spoken with the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up.

Judge Juan Merchan corrected former President Donald Trump's false statement about the gag order during his hush money trial. Trump falsely said the gag order prevents him from testifying. CNN's Elie Honig discusses what the gag order actually does.

Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continues in New York. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.

Marjorie Taylor Greene will never think she said anything wrong. Marge says she voted against the Anti-Semitism Act today because she’s concerned that if she says that Jews handed over Jesus to be killed by the Romans that could be considered a violation of the law. pic.twitter.com/tnAOf1s8B0 — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 1, 2024 That's right.

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Former President Donald Trump has claimed several times that he will testify in his criminal trial, where he is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. But now, he appears to be looking for a way out.