Trump and his ex-fixer Michael Cohen have ‘heck of a reunion’ in court

The New York fraud trial's first star witness outlines scheme designed to fool people about the size of Trump's fortune

Silence filled the courtroom in the fraud trial of Donald Trump on Tuesday in anticipation of the arrival of the case's first star witness. Trump, at his usual place at the front of the courtroom surrounded by his lawyers, didn't turn to look back at his former employee, Michael Cohen, entered to take the stand.

After an eruption of camera flashes from the hallway, Cohen slowly walked to the witness stand in a grey jacket and a white shirt, no tie. But there was nothing grey about his testimony. After days of highly technical testimony from Trump's former accountants, Cohen outlined a simple scheme designed to fool people about the size of Trump's fortune.