Michael Cohen said he had a "heck of a reunion" Tuesday with his former boss Donald Trump when he testified against the former president at his New York civil fraud trial.
Here are the key takeaways:
- With Trump sitting feet away, Trump's one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated Trump's financial statements -- "reverse-engineering" them to hit an arbitrary net worth.
- Things quickly got heated when cross-examination began as Cohen sneered at the questions and loudly objected to one line of questioning.
- Judge Arthur Engoron said trial testimony and financial documents about Trump's $1 billion bid to buy the Buffalo Bills in 2014 could be included as evidence because they support the attorney general's claims that Trump had a fraudulent pattern and practice when reporting his worth.
- While Trump spent the entire day in the courtroom, both for Cohen's testimony and the appearance of Mazars general counsel Bill Kelly, he also worked to scuttle the short-lived House speakership candidacy of Republican Rep. Tom Emmer.
The trial will resume with Cohen still on the stand Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET.