Hope Hicks, who served as Trump's campaign spokesperson, says her response to scandals like the Access Hollywood tape was to "deny, deny, deny"
Earlier, the court heard from Georgia Longstreet, a paralegal with the NY District Attorney's Office who reviewed social media posts for this trial
The day started with testimony from Doug Daus, a forensic analyst who examined Michael Cohen's iPhone - which contained a massive 39,745 contacts
Justice Juan Merchan also clarified today that Trump has an ''absolute right'' to testify in his trial despite a gag order, after the ex-president claimed he couldn't
This historic New York trial revolves around a 2016 hush-money payment Trump made to Daniels, who says she had sex with him
Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal the payment and denies any sexual encounter with Daniels
Tiffany Wertheimer
BBC News
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
This morning, court will continue to hear the testimony of Doug Daus, a forensic analyst with the New York District Office.
We aren’t sure who else we’ll hear from today, and court is finishing earlier at 15:45 ET because a juror has a medical appointment.
Stay with us - we’ll bring you the latest developments from the courtroom.
We're pausing our live coverage of Donald Trump's hush-money trial for the day.
But we will be back again tomorrow to follow the rest of Douglas Daus' testimony.
If you want to catch up on the key points from today, you can read this article from my colleague Madeline Halpert.
Madeline was in court today along with Kayla Epstein.
This page was edited by Phil McCausland, Tiffany Wertheimer and myself.
Thanks for joining us.
Image source, Getty ImagesDonald Trump's hush-money trial has wrapped up for the day, here's what happened:
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Image source, ReutersMichael Cohen
During the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s criminal trial, we’ve heard from a host of witnesses.
But one of the main characters of the case is yet to take the stand: Michael Cohen - Trump’s former lawyer.
We’ve heard a lot about Cohen's reputation from the witnesses who have already testified.
For instance, a banker testified that he was chosen to work with Cohen because he knows how to handle “challenging” people.
Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels' former lawyer, called Cohen “an aggressive guy” who would angrily shout at him on phone calls.
We’ve even heard Cohen’s voice booming over the speaker in the courtroom - sometimes yelling and swearing - during conversations he recorded with Davidson.
Prosecutors are perhaps trying to introduce Cohen to the jury before his highly anticipated testimony in the case. He's a key witness for the prosecution, but one who comes with baggage.
With court finished for the day, let's look back at some of the court sketches by artist Jane Rosenberg.
Image source, REUTERS/Jane RosenbergLawyer Keith Davidson, who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal, is cross examined by defence attorney Emil Bove. Donald Trump watches from the left of the image.
Image source, Reuters/Jane RosenbergDouglas Daus, a forensic analyst at DA’s office, gives testimony before Justice Juan Merchan
Now that Donald Trump's done inside the courtroom, he's come out to speak to reporters.
He spoke for about three minutes, lamenting that he should be campaigning instead of in a courtroom.
The former president was asked about the testimony from Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels' former lawyer.
And Trump said that was "the easiest question so far", but he could not answer it because of the gag-order.
Trump did not answer any Michael Cohen-related question before walking away.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Testimony has finished for today.
Justice Merchan is reminding the jurors not to talk about the case, and says court will finish at 3:45 EST tomorrow because one of the jurors has a medical appointment.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
We just listened to a recording of a conversation between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen. Trump appeared to be unaware he was being recorded.
We hear Cohen reference former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.
He also says the two have to talk about a transfer regarding "our friend David”, a potential reference to David Pecker - the first witness in this trial.
Then that's the end of the prosecution's questioning.
Emil Bove then stands up and starts to cross-examine the witness.
He asks specifics about how Cohen's data was acquired.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
We’re reviewing some texts from Cohen’s phone - it's all rather dry.
But then we learn that Michael Cohen had 39,745 contacts in his phone.
“I’ve not seen contacts - that many - being on a phone,” Daus exclaims - and it's his job to analyse cell phones.
And there was more than 10 pages of contacts for Donald Trump alone.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Douglas Daus is going over his work analysing cell phones and other technology.
He confirms that he was assigned to analyse two iPhones in connection to the Donald Trump trial.
He tells the court that Michael Cohen consented to having his two phones searched, and Daus extracted all of the data from the devices.
Prosecutors are now entering data from the phones into evidence.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
And with that, both Emil Bove and the prosecutors have finished questioning Stormy Daniels' former lawyer Keith Davidson.
We now have the next witness - Douglas Daus, who works in the high technology analysis unit at the New York County District Attorney's Office.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Prosecutor Josh Steinglass has just finished questioning Keith Davidson.
Before he did, the full court heard recordings between Michael Cohen and Davidson.
Davidson says the recordings were "surreptitiously recorded" by Cohen.
In one recording, Cohen says that Donald Trump told him several times that he "hate[s] the fact that we did it". Davidson says this was in reference to the Stormy Daniels hush-money deal.
“But my comment to him is, 'but every person that we’ve spoken to told you it was the right move'," Cohen says in the recording.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
During this short break, Donald Trump has been standing up and facing the room full of reporters, staring at some of them while briefly chatting with his lawyers.
As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg walks in to take his seat, Trump glances in his direction as well.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
After showing Keith Davidson a series of documents, Emil Bove has finished his cross-examination.
Prosecutor Josh Steinglass asks for a five minute break to prepare evidence for his re-direct.
Image source, Getty ImagesDonald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, a little while ago, refuting claims that he has fallen asleep during some of these court sessions.
"I simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!" he wrote.
Media reports that the former president seemed to nod off during proceedings saw Trump ridiculed online, with #SleepyDon trending on social media.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
It's a relatively slow afternoon after a tense morning session in the courtroom.
We've been listening to a series of recordings of Keith Davidson's conversations with Michael Cohen.
Before each recording, Trump's lawyer Emil Bove asks Davidson if he recalls what took place during the conversation.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
The court is listening to a recording now.
Reporters in the courtroom, Trump and the jurors can’t hear it, but the judge, the witness, Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors are listening through headphones.
The voice was Davidson’s, he confirmed.
In the recording, he says: “Sometimes people get settler’s remorse”. Davidson confirms he was “probably” talking about the Stormy Daniels deal.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
We’re back on Keith Davidson’s relationship with Michael Cohen.
Emil Bove, Trump's lawyer, asks Davidson if he kept working with Cohen after the Stormy Daniels deal.
Yes, Davidson says.
Did Cohen send him more clients? “He sent me a non-paying client,” Davidson answers with a chuckle.
“It’s not as if the experience with him was so horrific that you ceased interacting with him, right?” Bove asks.
Davidson says their relationship “changed over time”.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Trump's legal team are asking permission for Donald Trump to post about the case on Truth Social.
His lawyer Susan Necheles wants to give the judge a stack of commentaries from legal experts, which she says Trump wants to publish about the case.
Prosecutors are confused by the move: "It seems odd that they're asking a court for an advanced ruling on these sorts of things," one prosecutor says.
"I'm not going to give advanced rulings," Justice Merchan says.
"There is no ambiguity - I believe in the [gag] order... The best advice you can give your client is when in doubt, steer clear," Merchan adds.
Trump shakes his head and crosses his arms after the judge ends the conversation.
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from court
Donald Trump and his lawyers are back at the defence table looking at some sort of pictures.
We'll be getting started shortly.