>In closing arguments, the Trump defense will attack the credibility of key witnesses.
>But jurors may not need to believe Michael Cohen, David Pecker, or Stormy Daniels to convict Trump.
>Here are 10 persuasive pieces of evidence that practically speak for themselves.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-hush-money-trial-jurors-smoking-gun-cohen-stormy-daniels-2024-5

During Tuesday's closing arguments in the Donald Trump hush-money trial, jurors are sure to hear a lot about the motives and credibility of key prosecution witnesses Michael Cohen, David Pecker, and Stormy Daniels.

But jurors may not need to believe these witnesses to convict Trump.

Here are 10 stand-alone pieces of evidence that practically speak for themselves.

>1. "So, what do we got to pay for this?"

"So, what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?" Trump asks his attorney and "fixer," Cohen, just two months before the 2016 election. "Pay with cash," Trump then instructs.

This phone conversation, secretly recorded by Cohen, catches Trump calling the shots as the two men discuss financing for a $150,000 hush-money payment. The hush money was meant to keep voters in the dark about former Playboy model Karen McDougal's claim — denied by Trump — of a nearly yearlong affair with the then-Apprentice star in 2006.

Why is this taped Trump-Cohen phone call, labeled People's Exhibit 246, important? Because it makes it impossible for Trump to say he had no role in hush-money financing.

Prosecutors can be expected to argue that this recording directly connects Trump to an illegal campaign conspiracy.