During the second half of day 10 in the criminal trial, N.Y. v. Trump, Doug Daus - a technology forensics analyst - took the witness stand.
Daus, who works for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, was responsible for extracting data from Michael Cohen’s cell phones, including audio recordings of his phone calls with his former client, Donald Trump.
During one of the recorded calls from Cohen’s phone, Cohen was heard telling Trump: “I need to open up a company regarding the transfer for our friend David…I’ve spoken to Allen Weisselberg…I’m all over that, I’ve spoken to Allen, when it comes to financing…”
Trump replied, “what financing?"
The prosecution team appeared to be attempting to show that Trump was aware of the “catch-and-kill” plan with David Pecker, the former National Inquirer publisher, to bury claims that former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, had an extramarital affair with Trump.
Emil Bove, Trump’s defense attorney, cross-examined Daus, asking if the more secure the chain of custody, the more reliable the evidence. Daus agreed.
He later testified that the FBI first searched Cohen’s phones and that other members of his team also had access.
The jury was dismissed and court adjourned until Friday at 9:30 a.m.
Fox News' Grace Taggart and Kerri Kupec Urbahn contributed to this update.