Former lawyer and associate of Donald Trump Michael Cohen, story on Tuesday the jury members will meet in White House Oval Office in which the then US President confirmed repayment plan secretly paid Cohen hush money to a porn actress.

Cohen, star witness charges in Trump’s criminal trial in New York, as well as admitted that he lied repeatedly, including under oath, but stressed that he did so out of loyalty to Trump as prosecutors sought to preempt an expected defense attack on Cohen’s credibility.

On his first day on the witness stand Monday, Cohen laid out in great detail how Trump ordered payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. “Just do it”Cohen recalled Trump asking him to keep his story about the alleged sexual encounter in 2006 secret.

Payment US$130,000 conducted by Cohen in October 2016, is at the center of the Trump trial, the first trial of a former United States president and now in its fifth week.

trump77 years old and Republican presidential candidate in 2024, has pleaded not guilty and denies any sexual contact with Daniels. He described this incident as guerrilla attempt about interference in his campaign to retake the White House from Democratic President Joe Biden.

Prosecutors say Trump paid Cohen after the election false entries which indicated that they were intended to pay for legal services. Hidden returns are the basis 34 counts of forgery of documents business records Trump faces.

In his testimony Tuesday, Cohen recounted an Oval Office meeting with Trump in February 2017, when the newly inaugurated president told him he would soon will receive the first two payments of the bonus package. The package included a refund to Daniels, Cohen said.