When former president Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial resumes in Manhattan on Thursday morning, if you know what you are looking for, you’ll get a real sense of how Judge Juan Merchan is orchestrating Trump’s conviction.
Prosecutors from the office of Alvin Bragg, New York County’s elected progressive Democratic district attorney, are expected to finish their direct examination of Keith Davidson. He’s the dodgy lawyer who, during the 2016 campaign, helped Playboy model Karen McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels pressure — extort is such a harsh word — big paydays from Trump and his associates in exchange for maintaining their silence about extramarital affairs they claim to have had with Trump a decade earlier. Davidson will then be turned over to Trump’s lawyers for what media reports are predicting will be a tough cross-examination that may keep him on the stand for the rest of this week.
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