What have we learnt today?published at 20:57 British Summer Time 23 April
There were two court hearings for Trump today - with the same judge and in the same courtroom.
- The morning started off with a gag-order hearing. Prosecutors claim Donald Trump has violated a gag order 10 times
- Justice Merchan and Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche had several tense exchanges during the hearing, with the judge telling Blanche he is "losing all credibility"
- The judge has yet to decided if Trump has violated the gag order - that's something we could learn later tonight or tomorrow. If he rules against Trump, he could be fined $10,000
- After the hearing, it was back to the hush-money trial. The first witness, David Pecker, continued his testimony
- Pecker has been explaining a "catch-and-kill" scheme he ran while publisher of the tabloid magazine National Enquirer. He says it was an "agreement between friends" to suppress negative stories about Trump during the 2016 election
- In one case, a doorman who claimed Trump fathered a love child with a housekeeper, was paid $30,000 to sell his story to the magazine, even though it turned out to be "1,000% untrue", Pecker said - but it kept the potentially damaging story out of the press
The trial will continue on Thursday, as court doesn't sit on Wednesdays.
You can read Madeline Halpert and Kayla Epstein's story on today's proceedings here.