Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won’t be there

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens to upend his real estate empire, but he won’t be seeing his former lawyer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on the witness stand — at least not yet. Cohen, citing a health problem, has postponed his testimony as a key witness in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case at least until next week. Cohen said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he isn’t dodging Trump. On Monday, he said he expects his estranged ex-boss to be in the courtroom when he does testify. Instead of Cohen, Trump’s courtroom visit on Tuesday is likely to overlap with the resumption of testimony from his company’s assistant controller, Donna Kidder.