Michael Cohen to face cross-examination [Video]

Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe awaits a bruising round of questioning from the former president’s lawyers on Tuesday after testimony that linked the celebrity client to all aspects of a hush money scheme that prosecutors say was aimed at stifling stories that threatened his 2016 campaign.Michael Cohen returns to the stand Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness, where a day earlier he delivered matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s trial.“Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” Cohen said.He placed Trump at the center of the hush money scheme, saying he had promised to reimburse money the lawyer had fronted for the payments and was constantly apprised of the behind-the-scenes efforts to bury stories feared to be harmful to the campaign.“We need to stop this from getting out,” Cohen quoted Trump as telling him in reference to adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ account of a sexual encounter with Trump a …