The Latest | Witness testimony in Trump's hush money trial resumes with Costello on the stand

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Costello testified Tuesday that "friends in high places definitely refers to President Trump.
54% : Currently:-- Trump campaign calls Cannes film 'The Apprentice' 'blatantly false,' vows legal action-- Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'-- Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump's trialHere's the latest:As testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial began for the day, prosecutor Susan Hoffinger showed defense witness Robert Costello an August 2018 email in which former Trump attorney Michael Cohen told him and one of his partners to stop contacting him because "you do not and never have represented me" and another lawyer did.
49% : Donald Trump will be joined Tuesday by an entourage including actor Joe Piscopo as well as his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, according to his campaign.
47% : Donald Trump has arrived at the courthouse in lower Manhattan for the 20th day of his hush money trial.
42% : The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury.
36% : Costello was invited last year to appear before the grand jury that indicted Trump after asserting that he had information that undermined Cohen's credibility.
33% : Among other things, Cohen told jurors that Trump promised to reimburse him for the money he fronted and was regularly updated about efforts to silence women who alleged sexual encounters with him.
27% : It remains unclear if Trump will testify.
23% : Trump denies the women's claims.

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