The biggest questions as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial resumes Monday are whether his attorneys have destroyed the credibility of star witness Michael Cohen — and how much of the damage prosecutors can fix.

Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness expected back on the stand for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case.

Manhattan prosecutors have framed their case against Donald Trump as a simple story about the criminal coverup of a sex scandal. But to win a conviction, they would have to convince jurors that Trump orchestrated the coverup with the intent of concealing another crime.

Donald Trump has sat quietly in a New York courtroom while state prosecutors laid out the first-ever criminal case against a former president. Lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorney's called on a cast of blockbuster witnesses to corroborate their allegation that Mr Trump directed a hush-money payment to an adult-film star and authorised an illegal reimbursement scheme to avoid a sex scandal he feared would derail his 2016 presidential campaign.

An attorney for former President Trump suggested on Sunday the former president’s defense team no longer needs to question Michael Cohen’s testimony after he “completely collapsed” on the stand last week.

The recent testimony from a former lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, appeared to intensify the mixed feelings in the New York civil fraud trial. Despite being brought on to the verge of verbal conflict by Trump's two defense lawyers,